Crystallized sea water polarized with two polarizing filters. We use polarizing filters to determine calcification of the various bivalves we study in the Ocean Acidification lab. Captions and Photo source: Sarah Norberg / NOAA
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A team of scientists has published the most comprehensive picture yet of how acidity levels vary across the world’s oceans, providing a benchmark for years to come as enormous amounts of human-caused carbon emissions continue to wind up at sea…