L'acidification de l'Océan

This text, directed to the general public exposes, in first part, on the educational point of view, the mechanisms of ocean acidification resulting from the trapping of the carbon dioxide. Then the text presents a state of the knowledge about the speed of the phenomenon, about its geographical heterogeneousness on the surface of the globe, it draws up a balance sheet of existing or potential impacts on the living species and discusses aggravating factors. In conclusion are called back the main remaining questions, are discussed various solutions in parade to the phenomenon and are underlined the main scientific gaps.