Tag: food chain
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The Seafloor Is Dissolving Because of Climate Change
Carbon emissions are acidifying the ocean so quickly that the seafloor is disintegrating. According to a new study, ocean acidification is setting off a dangerous feedback loop that’s dissolving the very bottom of the ocean. According to a study published this week in PNAS, this sets off a feedback loop that acidifies the ocean even…
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Microplastics are getting into mosquitoes, contaminating new food chains
Photo: Mosquitoes leave the water and take microplastics with them. Shaun Wilkinson/Shutterstock There is no doubt that plastic pollution in oceans is a growing worldwide problem. The internet is full of images of seabirds and other marine animals entangled in plastic waste, and animals starve because their guts are blocked with plastic bags. But the…
