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Acid rain may hit coastal waters hard

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Nitrogen and sulphur compounds contribute to declining ocean pH.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) isn't the only atmospheric pollutant making the oceans more acidic and threatening the health of coral reefs and plankton. New research suggests that nitrogen and sulphur released into the air by human activities may be driving down the pH more than expected in some coastal waters.

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  1. Doney, S. C. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi:10.1073/pnas.0702218104 (2007).

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Ledford, H. Acid rain may hit coastal waters hard. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news070903-3

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