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News Release 14-116
Ocean Acidification: NSF awards $11.4 million in new grants to study effects on marine ecosystems
Oceans may be acidifying faster today than in the past 300 million years
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Coral reefs' ability to adapt to acidifying waters is the focus of an ocean acidification grant.
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Decreasing ocean pH (increasing acidity) threatens already vulnerable abalone populations.
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Juvenile rockfish are susceptible to changing ocean pH: ocean acidification.
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Tiny phytoplankton, shown here as light blue and green blooms, are at risk from ocean acidification.
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Tropical algae may respond well to acidification, affecting coral reefs the algae may overgrow.
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NSF ocean acidification grant awardees will develop compact new ocean instruments.
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