Ocean Acidification
I recently watched the Netflix Documentary Seaspiracy about our oceans, climate change, and ocean life. I’d really recommend watching it because it was really informative and I decided to do some more research into a topic brought up in the documentary: ocean acidification. Ocean Acidification is the process of the ocean becoming more acidic. This is caused by the absorption of more and more Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. According to NOAA , the ocean absorbs about 30% or the carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere. The ocean naturally absorbs carbon dioxide and before the industrial revolution it didn’t absorb too much to have such a huge impact on our oceans. However, since then, the ocean’s pH has increased by 30%. The more carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere, the more acidic the ocean becomes(Ocean acidification). By 2100 the acidity is expected to rise by 170%, according to Triona McGrath (TEDxTalks Ocean acidification - the evil twin of climate change | Tri...