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New research suggests that Canada's Beaufort Sea is becoming acidic at a faster rate than any other ocean in the world.
A paper published in the journal Oceanography says that in about 10 years, the Arctic waters off the Northwest Territories will be more acidic for most of the year than they have ever been before.
Lead author Jeremy Mathis of the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says nobody knows what the consequences will be for the sea life in those waters.
But he calls the Beaufort Sea a bellweather for the rest of the planet.
He says whatever ocean acidification does to the rest of the earth's waters will happen in Canada's Arctic first.
Ocean acidification is a side-effect of climate change, caused when the waters absorb too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
New research suggests that Canada's Beaufort Sea is becoming acidic at a faster rate than any other ocean in the world.
A paper published in the journal Oceanography says that in about 10 years, the Arctic waters off the Northwest Territories will be more acidic for most of the year than they have ever been before.
Lead author Jeremy Mathis of the U.S.-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says nobody knows what the consequences will be for the sea life in those waters.
But he calls the Beaufort Sea a bellweather for the rest of the planet.
He says whatever ocean acidification does to the rest of the earth's waters will happen in Canada's Arctic first.
Ocean acidification is a side-effect of climate change, caused when the waters absorb too much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
