Ocean that grow more acidic through man's fossil fuel burning emissions, can amplify global warming by releasing less of a gas that helps shield Earth from radiation, study said on Sunday (Monday in Manila). And the authors warned the potentially vast effect they uncovered is not currently factored into climate change projections. Scientists say that man's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contribute to planetary warming by letting the Sun's heat through the atmosphere but trapping heat energy reflected back from Earth, so creating a greenhouse effect.

Science points to the sea as new source of global warming. (2013, August 27). The Manila Times, B7.