A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Ocean acidity is one of the key markers of Earth's health, because if it tips too far towards acidic then the results can be catastrophic – and a new study suggests the world's waters are now entering ...

One of the most recognisable and feared predators within our oceans is, of course, the shark, and this is because of its ...

A study by German scientists reveals that ocean acidification, driven by human activities, could weaken sharks' teeth, ...

The study found that as acidity increases, shark teeth could become structurally weaker and more prone to cracking and breaking. This could eventually threaten sharks’ position at the top of the ...

The deep oceans have crossed a crucial boundary that threatens their ability to provide the surface with food and oxygen, a new study finds. Nearly two-thirds of the ocean below 200 meters, or 656 ...

Libby Jewett founded the U.S. ocean acidification program and had begun work on offshore wind energy. But she joined the past ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the origins of Earth's habitability, based in part on ocean acidity. The new ...

The Danakil desert in Ethiopia with its acidic lakes gives an mpression of how Earth may have looked around 4 billion years ago. Pockets of liquid water existed on Earth already 4.1 billion years ago, ...

The world's oceans are in trouble. Every day, 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from factories, cars, power plants and other human sources are absorbed by the world's oceans. The result? A frightening ...