The Acidification Of Ocean Water

Climate change's equally evil twin is the name for ocean acidification its harmful because of the excess amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Since we don't see or feel it because the effects are happening underwater. CO2 is released by burning coal,oil and gas but its doesnt stay in the air but it dissolves into the oceans. The oceans have absorbed 525 billion of CO2 from the atmosphere and they collect about 22 tons per day. Scientist thought it was it good thing because it wasn't warming the planet but instead it's killing marine life and endangering them. The ocean water is losing pH since its process that keeps pH balanced it's fast enough. We keep putting more CO2 in the air and the ocean is taking it all in. Since the pH levels …show more content…
The corals reefs will be bleached that means that there shells will turn white as they die. Penguins and seals won't have anything to eat since the krill are dieing. As the water heats up it expands it make the water rise more. In the oceans fish and other organisms are going to have to deal with powerful storm surges. The ocean water that is warm is turning into vapor and going to the clouds making it rain more in different places. The warmer seas make the ice caps and ice sheets melt and make the ocean rise even more. The only way we can reduce it if we stop putting some much carbon dioxide into the air and finds better way to help the planet instead of destroying it. The sea level has risen by 8 inches since 1901. In different areas scientist believe that the land will be moving up and down. As the land sinks the rate of the sea level is higher than the global rate. The sea level rise can be different because they're closer to the water and the plates are also moving up and down causing the water to rise more. The ice melt can rise the sea water between 1 and 3 feet by the of the century. As more of these ice sheets melt they can add another foot to the sea level rise. People who have homes on island have start to move to a different place where the sea level rise won't hurt them. In the coastal area of louisiana can approximately lose 2000 square miles of wetlands. The Mississippi River sediment system, oil, and water extraction have caused the land to sink. The wetland don't have enough sediment to keep up with the rising seas and are starting to sinking this is also happen in California.the sea levels it rises it increase the salinity and starts pushing the salt water upstream. Making the water to become undrinkable without desalination and can harm the marine