Researchers believe that the large amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), that is being produced by transportation and other manufactoring industries is posing a new and potentially devastating danger to the world. British scientist believe that large amounts of CO2 that already greatly contribute to global warming is now posing a serious threat to marine life such as coral reefs and fish. It is now thought that CO2 "is also rapidly turning the world's oceans acid as it is dissolved in sea water, and putting an enormous array of marine life at risk.
Ocean acidification may wipe out much of the microscopic plankton at the base of the marine food web, and have a knock-on fatal effect right up the chain, through shellfish to major human food species such as cod. It is already known to be having a serious impact on some organisms such as coral, and putting a question mark against the whole future of coral reefs". Read more at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10009477
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