Question

How does Ocean Acidification work?

Why does acidification matter?

How is acidification linked to climate change?

How do we deal with Ocean Acidification?

What’s the big picture?

Answer 1

1. OCEAN ACIACIDIFICATION:-
- when carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, certain chemical reactions occur that reduce-
seawater pH
HCO3- ion concentration
saturation calcium carbonate minerals
- these chemical reactions are termed ocean acidification.

2. IMPORTANCE OF SEA ACIDIFICATION:-
-Because of sea acidification some marine species have lost their shells and lower growth rates.
-Acidification also alters the cycling of nutrients in the ocean.
-and it determine impacts on marine ecosystems and the food web.

3. ACIDIFICATION VS. CLIMATE CHANGE:-
- oceans are the largest single carbon sink in the world.
- the more CO2 the oceans absorb, the more acidic. because some of the carbon reacts within the water to form carbonic acid.
- This is a slow process.
- acidification will make the oceans much less hospitable to many forms of marine life and acidification may actually to serve to amplify overall warming.

4. REDUCING ACIDIFICATION:-
- Reduce carbon pollution
- public litigation
- environmental education to every one
- compaign and other organisations

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