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Can seagrass help fight ocean acidification?

Washington, DC—Seagrass meadows could play a limited, localized role in alleviating ocean acidification in coastal ecosystems, according to new work led by Carnegie’s David Koweek and including Carnegie’s Ken Caldeira and published in Ecological Applications. When coal, oil, or gas is burned, the resulting carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere where it is the …