By the end of the century, half the world’s deep ocean could be acidic – with serious consequences for some marine animals.
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A tonne of carbon dioxide is released for every tonne of cement manufactured from limestone.
Cold-water corals live in the Atlantic’s frigid depths – and the UK is a stronghold for them.
A study of 183 coral reefs worldwide quantified the impacts of ocean warming and acidification on reef growth rates. Even under the lowest emissions scenarios, the future of reefs is not bright.
Mud blister worms make their homes in the shells of oysters and other shellfish, where they weaken their hosts.
Following NASA’s latest discovery of organic matter on the red planet, new findings in a salt lake in California could point to where to look for alien life.
Cement has a huge greenhouse footprint, largely because the chemical process by which it is made releases carbon dioxide. But there are several different ways for cement to green up its act.
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Academic specialist, Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne
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