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Some Coral Should Produce Shells in Acidifying Ocean

07.27.2014 - By Scientific AmericanPlay

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Of four common corals and algae tested, three still produced shells in conditions that mimic oceans if atmospheric CO2 concentrations reached 1,000 ppm. David Biello reports

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