Increased carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions
are causing acidification
of Earth’s oceans with
potentially serious impacts,
within the 21st century,
for the sustainability and
management of many marine
and coastal ecosystems and
fisheries. Ocean acidification
and its impacts will be seen
first in the Southern Ocean,
providing early signals of what
is likely to follow elsewhere.
Progressive ocean acidification
in temperate and tropical
seas may have significant
ramifications for human
communities dependent on
coastal resources in Australia,
the Indian Ocean and South
Pacific Regions.
