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Hypoxia

Definition: Hypoxia generally refers to a lack of oxygen in any part of the body. In a neurological context, it refers to a reduction of oxygen to the brain despite adequate amounts of blood.

Think of the Oceans as the world's blood and you'll understand what this means to the world.

Carbon’s Burden on the World’s Oceans

03 June 2008: Analysis

The burgeoning amount of carbon dioxide in oceans is affecting a lot more than coral reefs. It is also damaging marine life and, most ominously, threatening the future survival of marine populations.
by Carl Safina and Marah J. Hardt


When the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) convened in Boston this year, a handful of marine biologists and physiologists exposed a whole new side of climate change. They offered no data about the atmosphere. Their focus was not on temperature. Their conversation referred to warming only as a secondary and confounding effect. Read Full Story at Yale e360


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