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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risks

  • Written by Kelsey Roberts, Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
imagePhytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate...

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