Aug 112013
Original story at ABC News
A Tasmanian study has found the ocean’s chemistry in Antarctica is rapidly changing.
A study has found increased acidification in Antarctic waters. Photo: Miguel De Salas
Hobart PHD student Nick Roden spent ten months at Australia’s Davis Station in east Antarctica.
He took sea water samples every two weeks to test acidity levels.
He says the results were surprising.
“The change in the level of acidity in the sea water was actually nearly twice as large as what we were expecting,” he said.
Professor Tom Trull from the Institute of Marine and Antarctic studies says ocean acidification can have adverse affects on marine animals like plankton and krill.
“I think there will be winners and losers but we won’t know who they are,” he said.
The study has been published in the Journal of Marine Chemistry.
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