NOVAFRICA News: New VoxDev Article on Ocean Acidification and Newborn Mortality

NOVAFRICA Resident Member and Nova School of Business and Economics Professor Alex Armand, co-authored a new VoxDev article, Ocean acidification is raising newborn deaths in coastal communities, with Iván Kim Taveras.

The article examines how ocean acidification affects small-scale fisheries, increases seafood prices, and worsens women’s nutrition, with consequences for newborn health in low- and middle-income countries.

The findings show that a 0.01-unit decrease in ocean pH is associated with an approximately 5% increase in neonatal mortality, highlighting the far-reaching consequences of environmental change for vulnerable coastal communities and the importance of policies that protect marine ecosystems and maternal nutrition.

Read the VoxDev here.

Read the full article here.

NOVAFRICA Working Paper here.

Watch the video here.