Sentences with phrase «altering water chemistry»

Shellfish hatcheries are now altering water chemistry to create more favorable saturation state conditions for young bivalves.

«Water treatment is a very general term and can encompass everything from chemical additives that alter water chemistry to mechanical filtration units that physically remove contaminants,» says Jeff Turner, owner and president of Boyd Enterprises, makers of Chemipure carbon - based water filtration treatment.

In some cases, global warming as a consequence of the build - up of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere because of fossil fuel burning has altered the water chemistry and local climate and food supplies for seabird colonies.

Not exact matches

By engineering breaking waves of natural ocean water under purified air in the lab, they were able to isolate and analyze aerosols from the spray and determine how life within the water altered the chemistry of the particles.

Rising ocean temperatures around Alaska alters the chemistry of ocean water.

Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere not only alters the ocean's chemistry, it's increasing the temperature of the atmosphere and warming waters, too.

In addition to gaining an intimate understanding of life formerly under the ice, the data will serve as a baseline to see how the area changes as sunlight and open water alters the chemistry and new species migrate in.

Researchers found that microbes within the water were able to alter the chemistry of the mist driven into the air.

Scientists investigating melting glaciers have discovered evidence of a previously unknown vicious circle, whereby melted glacial water alters the chemistry on the surface of the ocean and drives further glacial melting, in turn accelerating the rise of seal levels.

• Rising acidity: Rising levels of CO2 in the oceans are altering ocean chemistry and increasing the acidity of ocean water, reducing the saturation level of aragonite, a compound corals need to build their skeletons.