High carbon dioxide levels cause abnormally large fish ear bones

Scripps study focuses on bony structures essential in fish orientation and acceleration

		IMAGE: This is David Checkley of University of California, San Diego. Click here for more information.

Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has shown for the first time that CO2 can impact a fundamental bodily structure in fish.