Sentences with phrase «absorbed from seawater»

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This is the drop in seawater pH as the oceans absorb an estimated 22 million tons of carbon dioxide from the 80 million tons emitted each day by human activities.

just a small example: rain washes CO2 from the air into the sea - > water turns CO2 into carbonic acid - > coral absorbs that compound — > keeps the carbon for itself - > releases the oxygen from the CO2 molecule, to replenish the seawater with oxygen.

Although the CO2 that is taken up by the ocean does not contribute to greenhouse warming, ocean warming reduces the solubility of carbon dioxide in seawater; and thus reduces the amount of CO2 the oceans can absorb from the atmosphere.

Fish are known to absorb calcium from seawater, binding it to carbon and excreting it as a carbonate molecule that can form a weak base capable of neutralizing ocean acidity.

It does this by shifting the series of equilibria (below) to the right, thereby increasing the capacity of seawater to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and by decreasing the propensity for seawater to desorb carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.»