Photo: Justin Ries Yay for global warming! New study by marine
geologist Justin Ries shows that if carbon dioxide emissions
increase to extreme levels, we'll get giant lobsters: A new
study published in the journal Geology shows that if carbon
dioxide emissions reach extreme levels, the changes in the
world's oceans might result in lobsters 50 percent bigger than
normal. Lobsters can take carbon from the water and use it to
build their exoskeletons, says marine geologist Justin Ries, who
oversaw the study. The theory, he tells NPR's Guy Raz, is that
lobsters are able to convert the extra carbon into material for
building up their shells.