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Reefs are weaker as oceans acidify: study – 7NEWS.com.au
A University of Sydney study argues that reefs like the Great Barrier Reef become structurally weaker as oceans acidify due to climate change.
The glue that holds the Great Barrier Reef together becomes thinner and weaker as oceans become more acidic, a study shows.
University of Sydney geoscientists measured more than 700 microbialite samples – calcified deposits from microbes that live within reef formations – and compared them with reef records from around the world.
In reefs like the Great Barrier Reef microbialite crusts formed through bacteria and then bind to the reef, creating scaffolds used by corals to grow.
The study sugg…
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