There are no doubt many threats to our oceans and waterways at this point in time. However there is one major threat to water quality that humans are responsible for. When we burn fossil fuel, there are many gaseous compounds released into the atmosphere. Doesn’t sound that bad does it? However, when some of these compounded gases react with water, the water is now acidic. The gas that is produced when burning these fuels is carbon dioxide (CO2). Ocean acidification is when carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater and forms carbonic acid which lowers the pH in the ocean. A shocking but true statistic is that about 25% percent of the carbon dioxide that humans generate end up being absorbed into the waters. This is very frightening to scientists
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Much of today’s problems are derived from humans. Humans are often the bane of ecosystems. There are many ways that we can reduce ocean acidification and relieve the stress that we put on the environment and its ecosystems. The biggest way is to conserve our energy, especially those that use fuel and emit gases. One way to prevent further development of this problem is to conserve your water. Though water covers the large majority of the earth, only modicum is available for use in the bigger picture perspective. When water is filtered and treated, lots of gas and emission is produced. Isn’t that contradicting? We are filtering and processing water to be used but at the same time we are releasing gas into the water which forces us to filter and process water again and produce more gas and so on. In the bigger picture, lots of the things we use in our everyday lives can be harmful to society. For instance, people use their cars to get from place to place. Thought it is essential to almost all adults, this can be very damaging as some of their car exhaust emissions will eventually end up in the ocean. Knowing this, modern day engineers have worked on developing electric cars to reduce emissions. Together, by educating people and spreading the word, we can learn to live life as we know it, but not at the ecosystems
Much of today’s problems are derived from humans. Humans are often the bane of ecosystems. There are many ways that we can reduce ocean acidification and relieve the stress that we put on the environment and its ecosystems. The biggest way is to conserve our energy, especially those that use fuel and emit gases. One way to prevent further development of this problem is to conserve your water. Though water covers the large majority of the earth, only modicum is available for use in the bigger picture perspective. When water is filtered and treated, lots of gas and emission is produced. Isn’t that contradicting? We are filtering and processing water to be used but at the same time we are releasing gas into the water which forces us to filter and process water again and produce more gas and so on. In the bigger picture, lots of the things we use in our everyday lives can be harmful to society. For instance, people use their cars to get from place to place. Thought it is essential to almost all adults, this can be very damaging as some of their car exhaust emissions will eventually end up in the ocean. Knowing this, modern day engineers have worked on developing electric cars to reduce emissions. Together, by educating people and spreading the word, we can learn to live life as we know it, but not at the ecosystems