Ocean Acidification

Ocean Acidification is the process in which the Earth's oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, increasing its acidity. Carbon dioxide dissolves into water and turns into carbonic acid, and the way that oceans get carbonic acid is when it communicates with the atmosphere, and the atmosphere has had a huge increase in carbon dioxide as of late. This results in more carbon dioxide transferring into the oceans, making them more and more acidic. There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere due to humanities meddling in technology, and this technology requiring fossil fuels that burn through carbon dioxide as fast and often as we breathe air. CO2 is a much stronger greenhouse gas than water vapor because it can absorb much more heat than water vapor. This means that it can re-emit more heat onto Earth, contributing much more to the greenhouse effect. The ocean is having a pH deficiency, making the ocean more acidic and has less material for shelled creatures to create their sheLos, resulting in smaller shelled animals. Acids and bases are measured in pH. A low pH means that it has a higher acidic effect, while a higher pH means it's more of a base. Having the chemistry of the ocean changed affects the biology of the creatures residing there.
                                             The pH scale

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   A picture of the pH in the sea
 


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