World Ocean Acidity Crosses Critical Threshold For Marine Life

"Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed"

"The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, a report has shown.

In its latest annual assessment, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said ocean acidity had crossed a critical threshold for marine life.

This makes it the seventh of nine planetary boundaries to be transgressed, prompting scientists to call for a renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels, deforestation and other human-driven pressures that are tilting the Earth out of a habitable equilibrium.

The report, which follows earlier warnings about ocean acidity, comes at a time of record-breaking ocean heat and mass coral bleaching."

Jonathan Watts reports for the Guardian September 24, 2025.

Source: Guardian, 09/26/2025