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Acid ocean cover up

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The response to ocean acidification varies widely among, and even within, calcifying taxa. A study sheds light on this perplexing variability by quantifying the role of external organic layers in protecting calcified structures from corrosive sea water.

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Figure 1: Model of coral calcification and dissolution.

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  1. Justin Ries is in the Department of Marine Sciences, at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, 4202G Venable Hall, CB# 3300, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA,

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