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Scientists have long speculated that the rising acidity of ocean waters would inhibit the growth of corals.

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The rising acidity of the world's oceans could devastate coastal communities around the United States over the next century, according to a new analysis.

The rising acidity of the ocean will no doubt have significant effects of the trophic structure of marine ecosystems, but will also affect the functioning of these systems.

Now a study of a reef in the Red Sea confirms the impact of rising acidity and suggests that it could eventually make reefs across the globe dissolve.

In the oceans, for instance, rising acidity threatens the survival of the polyp organisms that make coral reefs while increasing temperatures are sending some mountain species of plants and animals to higher altitudes.

In recent years, researchers have shown through computer models and lab experiments that rising acidity coupled with an increase of dissolved inorganic carbon makes it harder for animals to build calcium carbonate shells and can even dissolve them (ScienceNOW, 28 September 2005).

Other factors linked to coral bleaching include rising acidity associated with the increased absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans, ultraviolet radiation exposure, drying from extreme low-tide events (such as those associated with El Niño), sedimentation, pollution, and disease.

Irrefutable warming of the oceans and rising acidity is killing coral reefs, faster today than the previous 300 million years.

But the researchers say larger, older oysters should be introduced at a faster rate to fend off the rising acidity.

In conjunction with rising acidity in aquatic environments, aluminum can damage fish gills and thus impair respiration.