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Carbon Emissions Increasing Acidity of Ocean, Threatening Marine Life |
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Industrial nations that attended the Climate Change Conference in
Copenhagen this past December have until the end of this month to
submit their plans for reducing carbon emissions to the secretariat of
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)-although the UNFCCC head, Yvo de Boer, stated in a webcast on
January 20 that the targets are not legally binding and the deadline is
flexible.
The decisions these nations make now could have lasting impacts on
marine life, as increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the ocean are
making seawater increasingly acidic and, potentially, impeding the
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BOSTON HERALD: Fishing for help
It shouldn’t be the Wild West out there on the high seas, but as one sign in the flotilla said, “Fishing families are working families.” That is a message Obama and his underlings should remember.
