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Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

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Green areas indicate waters supersaturated with aragonite carbonate and favoring shell formation, with darker color indicating more favorable conditions. However, when CO 2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid. Projected spread of acidification of the oceans from 1994 (left) to 2100 (right). 2007; Tyrrell et al.,

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