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The world's oceans absorb approximately a quarter of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. During absorption, CO2 reacts with seawater and oceanic pH levels fall. This is known as ocean acidification and results in lower carbon ion concentrations. Certain ocean inhabitants use carbon ion to build and sustain their shells. Pteropods, which are important components of the marine ecosystem, are among them.

Barring immediate and significant actions, America's Great Salt Lake might face an ecological breakdown in the near future.

Nature is both the trigger for, and answer to, the grief that will increasingly be with us.

Three chief authors of the State of the Environment Report provide its key findings. While it’s a sobering read, there are a few bright spots.

Climate change and global warming, which is the largest part of the ‘change’ aspect, is suddenly getting the kind of special treatment that’s reserved for national tragedies. A special commission has been established to investigate a way out of the biggest human-caused failure of all time. It wouldn’t be quite so disturbing if it were