Pteropods And Coccolithophores

“There’s a whole category of organism that have been around for hundreds of millions of years which are at risk of extinction namely, things that build calcium carbonate shells or skeletons.” “Normally, their shells are transparent. They look like little gems, little jewels. They’re just beautiful. But I could see that, along the edges they were becoming opaque, chalky.”

- Elizabeth Kolbert, Ken Caldeira, Victoria Fabry

WHAT YOU CAN DO

• Reduce your carbon footprint; CO₂ directly drives ocean acidification.

• Support clean-energy and climate policies that lower CO₂ emissions.

• Avoid overusing lawn or garden fertilizers so runoff doesn’t worsen coastal acidification.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND HOW TO HELP

Visit:

• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)

• NOAA Ocean Acidification Program

• Oceana