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News Release 12-179
Ocean Acidification: Finding New Answers Through National Science Foundation Research Grants
Projects address concerns for acidifying marine ecosystems
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![Images showing dissolution of shells placed in seawater with increased acidity.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification1_f.jpg)
A shell placed in seawater with increased acidity slowly dissolves over 45 days.
Credit: NOAA PMEL
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![Illustration showing volcanic and man-made carbon emissions from land to the oceans.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification2_f1.jpg)
From carbon emissions to the oceans: Land and sea interact in ocean acidification.
Credit: NOAA PMEL
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![Photo of starfish and other organisms in the U.S. West Coast intertidal zone.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification3_f.jpg)
NSF ocean acidification grantees are researching U.S. West Coast intertidal zonation.
Credit: Bruce Menge/OSU
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![Photo of broken sea ice on the surface of the western Arctic Ocean.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification4_f.jpg)
NSF awardees are studying ocean acidification and sea ice cover in the western Arctic Ocean.
Credit: Jonathan Wynn
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![Photo of a school of fish swirling above coral.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification5_f.jpg)
Earth's oceans may be acidifying faster today than in the past 300 million years.
Credit: NOAA
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![Photo of bleached Acropora coral.](/news/mmg/media/images/acidification6_f.jpg)
Coral reefs in the tropics and beyond are threatened by ocean acidification.
Credit: NOAA
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