How Climate Change Could Destroy Shark Teeth and Threaten Their Entire Existence

That might be the future we’re heading toward if ocean acidification and climate change continue down their current course. Ocean acidification, one consequence of climate change, could do serious damage to shark teeth over the next few centuries, potentially driving them and other sea creatures to extinction. RELATED: "Ghost Sharks" Grow Teeth From Their Heads and Use Them For Fishy ForeplayWhy are a shark’s teeth so important? Ocean acidification could literally dissolve shark teeth, causing them to crack and break, leaving sharks without any way to feed themselves. To find out how ocean acidification could impact sharks, researchers collected naturally discarded shark teeth and dropped them into their simulated future ocean water.