Marc
Lallanilla, Assistant Editor
Date: 08 April
2013 Time: 03:41 PM ET
The giant
crabs are coming. And they're hungry.
Researchers at
the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Aquarium Research Center have found
that higher atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas that's
linked to global warming — are also causing crabs to grow to bigger, faster and
stronger, according to the Washington
Post.
As the oceans
absorb significant amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, ocean water becomes
more acidic and carbon-rich, and these higher levels of carbon are giving rise
to the supersized crabs.
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