In northern winter, the Bering Sea, dividing Alaska and Siberia, becomes the most acidic region on earth (in purple) as shown in this February 2005 acidity map in pH scale. Temperate oceans are ...

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of ...

New satellite maps reveal how oceans absorb carbon, offering real-time insight into climate shifts and ocean acidification.

Reefs cover less than 1 percent of the ocean floor yet shelter about a quarter of all marine species and buffer shorelines that more than 275 million people call home. The ongoing decline of coral ...

Scientists constructed a 100-year history of acidity in the Gulf of Maine. They expected coastal variability but were ...

The surface waters of the world's oceans are slightly alkaline. The average pH is 8.2 but this figure varies up and down by 0.3 pH units due to local, regional and seasonal variations.

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there? This is what a recent study ...

A US think tank known to promote skepticism about global warming published a video claiming to fact-check climate "alarmism over ocean acidification." But the clip misrepresents the phenomenon ...