Changing the world's oceans to increase their uptake of CO2, as other geoengineering solutions propose, is equally dangerous, … - Graciela Chichilnisky

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Changing the world's oceans to increase their uptake of CO2, as other geoengineering solutions propose, is equally dangerous, as the increased resulting acidity of the oceans kills tiny crustaceans, such as krill, that are the basis of the pyramid of life on the planet as we know it.

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