The ocean is getting more acid. Some people know exactly what I am talking about, but ocean acidification is still a poorly known subject. Two aspects about ocean acidification are important, and they come in the form of questions: why the ocean is getting more acid? And how is the ocean getting more acid?
To understand this specific process happening in the ocean, we need to turn our attention to the atmosphere. That is because the substance that makes the ocean more acid is found in big quantities in the air. What we should be concerned the most is the fact that we are one of the big responsible for the production of this chemical, I am talking about the carbonic gas, carbonic dioxide or just CO₂.
All the gases present in the atmosphere, which are in direct contact with the ocean surface, goes into the water naturally, dissolving in…
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