Acidification | The Silent Tsunami
30% of all CO2 emitted gets absorbed by the ocean
CO2 reacts with the ocean creating carbonic acid
This acid weakens the structure of shell-forming organisms (corals, oysters, etc) causing an epidemic of 'ocean osteoporosis'
Learn about how climate change is affecting our ocean's chemistry. Alliance for Climate Education is the national leader in climate science education and we're excited to bring you this short on ocean chemistry.
Our emissions of carbon dioxide threaten to alter the very chemistry of sea water and change life in our oceans within the span of a single human lifetime. An animation by Leo Murray for Greenpeace.
Learn about how climate change is impacting our oceans. The Alliance for Climate Education is the nation's leader in climate science education and we're excited to present this short on ocean acidification. For more about ACE, visit us at http://acespace.org
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The oceans are an important sink for atmospheric CO2, but as they take up increasing amounts of CO2 they are becoming more acidic. This has knock-on effects on some marine organisms and on the ocean's ability to sequester carbon.
Fundamental changes in seawater chemistry are occurring throughout the world's oceans. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from humankind's industrial and agricultural activities has increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.
