The new study investigated the extent of the dissolving seafloor, and how much blame belongs to human influence. Basically, the deepest parts of the sea are already fairly acidic, thanks to higher ...

Dissolving exoplanets flash their ‘guts’ to reveal a hidden side Gravity is tearing apart Kepler-1520b and K2-22b - and that presents a rare opportunity to learn more about what makes our ...

A version of this article appears in print on Feb. 8, 2022, Section D, Page 2 of the New York edition with the headline: Coastal Clues; Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Extinction Occurred.