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Great Barrier Reef ‘glue’ at risk from ocean acidification – Mirage News
Data from fossil reef cores going back 30,000 years show a definitive link between ocean pH levels and thickness of microbialite structures that help…
Lead author Zsanett Szilagyi.
“For the first time we have comprehensively shown that the thickness of this geologic ‘reef glue’ correlates with changes in ocean pH and dissolved carbon dioxide,” said Ms Szilagyi.
The thickness of these crusts can now be regarded as a reliable indicator of ocean acidification going back tens if not hundreds of thousands of years.
“We haven’t had such a complete and high-resolution record before. And this geologic study shows that as oceans became more acidic, …
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