Scientists have strong evidence that the last mass extinction, which wiped out almost all animal and plant species on the planet, including non-avian dinosaurs, was caused by a sharp rise in ocean acidity. But it gets worse...apparently ocean acidification is happening again today. Are we doomed for extinction?

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Presented by: Juliet Jacobs, Tee Shiao Eek, Sharmilla Ganesan

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  The Daily Digest,  Michael Henehan,  dinosaurs,  mass extinction,  extinction,  meteor,  ocean acidity,  ocean acidification,  non-avian dinosaurs,  climate crisis,  climate change,  geochemistry,  palaeoclimatology,  fossils,