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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-0...339819.htm

EXCERPT: [...] "The threat of ocean acidification is global and though it sometimes seems far away, it is happening here right now on the West Coast of the United States and those waters are already hitting our beaches," said Chan. "Ten years ago, we were focusing on the tropics with their coral reefs as the place most likely affected by ocean acidification. But the California Current System is getting hit with acidification earlier and more drastically than other locations around the world."...
(Jun 5, 2017 03:40 AM)C C Wrote: [ -> ]http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-0...339819.htm

EXCERPT: [...] "The threat of ocean acidification is global and though it sometimes seems far away, it is happening here right now on the West Coast of the United States and those waters are already hitting our beaches," said Chan. "Ten years ago, we were focusing on the tropics with their coral reefs as the place most likely affected by ocean acidification. But the California Current System is getting hit with acidification earlier and more drastically than other locations around the world."...

There is an expotential effect that has been outside the mathamatical models.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus