As ocean water becomes more acidic, corals and shellfish must spend more energy to make their calcium carbonate shells. Photos courtesy of NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Coral Reef Ecosystem Division, Photo by Benjamin RichardsFrom The Smithsonian:
Can a remote, geologically weird island in the South Pacific forecast the fate of coral reefs?
I drop the dinghy’s anchor below the red-streaked cliffs of Maug. The uninhabited island group is among the most remote of the Mariana Islands, which are territories of the United States in the Western Pacific. Maug's three steep, parentheses-shaped islands are the top of an underwater volcano.
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