Ocean acidification

While Romney is off winning delegates in Guam and Santorum is fighting against women’s health in Kansas, here’s something else for you to think about.

In an article published in the March 2, 2012, issue of Science, researchers found that pH of the entire ocean is changing.  They write that this phenomenon, which they call a “global environmental perturbation,” has no parallel in the last 300 million years.  They blame the problem on the increase in man-made carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.

The acidification may already be affecting the fragile coral reefs around the world, and it will surely have major consequences in the future.  

By the way, it is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.