The United Kingdom Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) brings together scientists, government, its agencies and NGOs to provide co-ordinated advice on climate change impacts around our coast and in our seas.
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The 2009 ecosystem linkages report card says the following about CO2 and ocean acidification:

  • In the last 200 years, ocean acidity has increased by 30% and at a rate much faster than anytime in the last 65 million years. This has serious implications for marine ecosystems and climate regulation.

Marine climate change encyclopaedia

MCCIP synthesises broad based evidence on how climate change is affecting our coast and seas and its impacts on:

  • marine ecosystems;
  • cleanliness and safety;
  • commercial activities.

See our annual report card and ecosystem linkages report card for more details.

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