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Do Now #73: An Acidic Ocean For All?

Edspace | Apr 10, 2013

Posted by Matthew Williams

Over the past hundred years or so, the ocean has absorbed the carbon dioxide (CO₂) released into the environment from burning fossil fuels. Absorbing these emissions makes our oceans more acidic. This change in the ocean’s pH level is called ocean acidification.

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