https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj Made by Gino, Jade, Alex, Hector en-us 2019-04-11 15:11:58 UTC 2026-01-10 08:25:37 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f421.png jbrookbank7338 https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350822840 Cold liquids can sequester compounds such as CO2, but as sea temperatures rise, the amount they can sequester reduces and leads to increased levels of Carbonic Acid in the Ocean and leads to more severe Ocean Acidification.]]> 2019-04-11 15:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350822840 aguadiana4365 https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350823284 Due to the increased amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere because of fossil fuels and land usage, the pH of surface ocean waters has fallen by 0.1 pH units. Calculations of future CO2 levels indicate that by the end of the century the surface waters of the ocean could be 150%  more acidic, causing pH levels that haven't been seen for more than 20 million years. The effects of ocean acidification can cause major changes in aquatic ecosystems, one of the most blaring examples is the coral bleaching of the great barrier reef. With all this said, ocean acidification can cause major problems since the whole world depends on the ocean but as it becomes more acidified the world couldn't function ]]> 2019-04-11 15:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350823284 gmartinez9866 https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350824171 The pteropod, aka the sea butterfly, is one of the many biological organisms effected by the rise of pH levels in the world's oceans. Below is an illustration of how the acidification will effect the pteropod's shell after a 45 day period if pH levels continue to rise through the year 2100. ]]> 2019-04-11 15:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350824171 gmartinez9866 https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350828581 Another example of ocean acidification is coral bleaching. Due to the exponential increase of CO2 over the last 200 years, there is more carbonic acid in our oceans which causes bleaching, an event in which organisms like coral cannot build their shells due to how acidic the water is. This causes coral to lose their pigments which give them their color, turning our beautiful reefs into baron underwater landscapes. ]]> 2019-04-11 15:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/350828581 aguadiana4365 https://padlet.com/jbrookbank7338/swtyjskumonj/wish/351192965 Around the 1980s the oceans pH levels have slowly been decreasing and the atmospheric CO2 has continued to increase

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