Under warm, sunny skies along Monterey Bay in California last May, marine scientists and engineers met with leading legislators and policy makers to confront some cold, hard, disturbing facts: Greenhouse gas emissions and other human-induced impacts are threatening the health of marine life, and coordinated action between policy makers and scientists is needed now to address this enormous problem.
Climate Change Could Stop Corals Fixing Themselves
By 2100, most of the world’s coral reefs could be living in waters that lack the minerals for them to repair damage, as a result of ocean acidification.