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Utrecht University: Sea Butterflies, the Unsung Heroes in the Climate Crisis
March 03, 2022
UTRECHT, Netherlands, March 3 (TNSJou) -- Utrecht University issued the following news:

In the open ocean, far from the coast, live very special creatures called sea butterflies. These tiny animals carry a shell that the sea butterflies make from the mineral aragonite. The shell is very sensitive to climate change. As CO2 in the atmosphere increases, it causes acidification of the oceans. The sea butterfly's shell has to take the first hit. Because of this acidification, aragon . . .

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