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The burning of fossil fuels releases
11 BILLION TONS of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
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Carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean, where it causes a potentially more serious problem ocean acidification.
Hoegh-Gulderg et al. 2007
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Ocean acidification poses a threat to shell-forming organisms like corals and calcifying plankton.
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The pH Scale
A small change in pH is equal to a LARGE change in acidity.
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AC
IDS
BA
SE
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CO2 + H2O
CO2 + CO32- + H2O
carbonate ions
Carbonic acid reduces
ocean pH.
The concentration of carbonate
ions decreases.
H2CO3
carbonic acid
2HCO3 –
bicarbonate ions
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