[We Are Not Ready for Ocean Acidification]

Bleached branching coral (Acropora sp.) at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Author: J. Roff

"Australia is currently serving as a benchmark for ocean acidification preparedness (ocean acidification literacy and area-based management), and dimensions which are wholly insufficient to best prepare ecosystems and societies for the impacts of ocean acidification (climate protection measures and policy coherence)."