Earth Day’s 40 year arc from rebellion to broad embrace
From its 1970 start with ecology and anti establishment energy to today’s mainstream green movement. Activists once rallied with gas masks in parks and spoke of pollution and overpopulation. Denis Hayes recalls rapid growth from near ignorance of environment terms to widespread self identification as environmentalists.
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Oceans show rapid chemical shift from CO2 absorption
The National Research Council reports ocean chemistry is changing faster than any time in 800,000 years due to atmospheric CO2. ocean pH has fallen from 8.2 to 8.1 since the Industrial Revolution and may drop another 0.2 to 0.3 by century's end, signaling increased ocean acidity and potential impacts on marine life.
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