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In what was not expected for at least 50 years from now, scientists have discovered that a large section of the North American shelf – specifically the waters off the Pacific seacoast have become increasingly acidic and pose a potential threat to sea life in the region. While it confirms global warming models, scientists were surprised that the waters were changing so soon, expecting the effect to occur sometime in the middle to end of our current century. The cause of this calamity has been identified as man-made carbon dioxide emissions.

The study that detected the results was one co-sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation.

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