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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

Ocean Acidification and Human Health.

Laura J Falkenberg, Richard G J Bellerby, Sean D Connell, Lora E Fleming, Bruce Maycock, Bayden D Russell, Francis J Sullivan, Sam Dupont

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Laura J FalkenbergSimon F.S. Li Marine Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5868-2310
Richard G J BellerbySKLEC-NIVA Centre for Marine and Coastal Research, State Key Laboratory for Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China.
Sean D ConnellSouthern Seas Ecology Laboratories, The Environment Institute, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5350-6852
Lora E FlemingEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School c/o Knowledge Spa RCHT, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK.
Bruce MaycockEuropean Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School c/o Knowledge Spa RCHT, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK.
Bayden D RussellSwire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1282-9978
Francis J SullivanProstate Cancer Institute, Galway Clinic, Doughiska, H91HHT0 Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5111-5383
Sam DupontDepartment for Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Kristineberg 566, 45178 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ocean provides resources key to human health and well-being, including food, oxygen, livelihoods, blue spaces, and medicines. The global threat to these resources posed by accelerating ocean acidification is becoming increasingly evident as the world's oceans absorb carbon dioxide emissions. While ocean acidification was initially perceived as a threat only to the marine realm, here we argue that it is also an emerging human health issue. Specifically, we explore how ocean acidification affects the quantity and quality of resources key to human health and well-being in the context of: (1) malnutrition and poisoning, (2) respiratory issues, (3) mental health impacts, and (4) development of medical resources. We explore mitigation and adaptation management strategies that can be implemented to strengthen the capacity of acidifying oceans to continue providing human health benefits. Importantly, we emphasize that the cost of such actions will be dependent upon the socioeconomic context; specifically, costs will likely be greater for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, exacerbating the current inequitable distribution of environmental and human health challenges. Given the scale of ocean acidification impacts on human health and well-being, recognizing and researching these complexities may allow the adaptation of management such that not only are the harms to human health reduced but the benefits enhanced.

Indexed as

EcosystemEnvironmental HealthOceans and SeasSeawaterAdaptation, PhysiologicalCarbon DioxideClimate ChangeHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationCarbon Dioxideair qualitybiodiversity lossglobal climate changehuman healthmalnutritionocean acidificationrespiratory healthseafood

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PMID32599924
PMCPMC7344635

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