Why ocean acidification is called climate change's evil twin - Ocean Acidification
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Ocean acidification is an urgent environmental challenge caused by rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, mainly due to human activities. It involves a continuous decrease in the pH of ocean water, with profound implications for marine ecosystems and the communities that rely on them. When CO2 is absorbed by seawater, it reacts to form carbonic […]

Ocean acidification has been referred to as “climate change’s evil twin” because it intensifies many of the same issues associated with global warming and presents unique challenges. While climate change leads to rising ocean temperatures and altered weather patterns, ocean acidification directly threatens marine chemistry and biology.

The pace of acidification is alarming, estimated to be about 100 times faster than any natural changes over the past 650,000 years,