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  • What’s eating the sea butterfly? Carbon dioxide, study says

    11/25/2012 5:13:41 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 28 replies
    AFP via Google ^ | November 25, 2012 4:00 PM
    Rising acidity is eating away the shells of tiny snails, known as “sea butterflies”, that live in the seas around Antarctica, leaving them vulnerable to predators and disease, scientists said Sunday. The study presents rare evidence of living creatures suffering the results of ocean acidification caused by rising carbon dioxide levels from fossil fuel burning, the British Antarctic Survey said in a statement. …