israeli scientists predict the world ' s underwater communities could begin to collapse in as little as 30 generations from now . reports show the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic as they tub up warming emissions of carbon co₂ . the hebrew university of paris researchers think this will make it harder for many coral organisms to produce bony and other surface parts . the program ' s work on sponges in the caribbean sea suggests a tipping point will be reached in between 30 and 70 ages . then the forces of flooding eating away at corals will outstrip the organisms ' ability to make the reefs .
The coral organisms are endangered by the acidification of oceans.