It's becoming increasingly clear that global warming may trigger many changes beyond the obvious change in temperature. Earlier this year I wrote about how rising carbon dioxide is driving down the pH of the oceans, with some potentially devastating consequences. Today in Yale Environment 360 I look at a potential change that's also starting to get scientists very worried: a drop in the oxygen dissolved in the world's oceans. Check it out. [Image: Christopher Sebela on Flickr]
Gasp! My new article on global warming and oxygen
Explore how global warming changes our oceans, including rising carbon dioxide and the troubling drop in oxygen levels.
Written byCarl Zimmer
| 1 min read
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