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A graph showing rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere over time.
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Ocean Acidification Graph

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Unlike the green, leafy algae we're used to seeing, coralline algae has a hard crust—which you can see here at the molecular level under a scanning electron microscope.
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Coralline Algae Under the Microscope

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A starfish eating a mussel.
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Starfish Feeding on Mussels

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A pile of dissolving sea stars.
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Dead, Diseased Sea Stars

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EPA divers from Atlanta place this instrument in Charleston Harbor in order to monitor currents and better predict sand movement for a harbor deepening project.
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Measuring Underwater Currents

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A vaquita swims at the the water's surface.
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The Vanishing Vaquita

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A close-up image of Johnson's seagrass growing in sand.
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Johnson's Seagrass

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The staghorn coral is listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is one of 22 coral species listed.
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Staghorn Coral

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Only 2,000 individuals of the endangered short-tailed albatross remain after the species was hunted for its feathers in the 1940s.
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Short-tailed Albatross

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A brachiopod looks like a clam, but they aren't closely related.
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A Modern Day Brachiopod

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A puffin sits on a rock.
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The Return of the Puffins

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By pumping enormous test tubes that are 60-feet deep and hold almost 15,000 gallons of water with carbon dioxide to make the water inside more acidic, researchers can study how zooplankton, phytoplankton and other small organisms will adapt in the wild.
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Studying Acidification in the Field

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