Earth's oceans are changing due to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Museum palaeontologist Prof Richard Twitchett explains, 'Ocean acidification is a change in the pH of seawater, ...

With a global average pH of 8.1 ocean water is slightly alkaline. But the good news is that our bodies can handle it – ...

What is the 'other carbon dioxide problem'? How are humans driving changes in the chemistry of the ocean, and what might this mean for marine ecosystems in the future?

In northern winter, the Bering Sea, dividing Alaska and Siberia, becomes the most acidic region on earth (in purple) as shown in this February 2005 acidity map in pH scale. Temperate oceans are ...

Dehradun: Ocean acidification is accelerating at an alarming rate, with ocean surface pH declining globally at –0.