Sentences with phrase «because acidic waters»

By 2008, harvests at one local hatchery declined by about 80 percent because acidic waters and a lack of carbonate essentially made it impossible for baby oysters to form their shells.

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Coral reefs are dying: We've already lost half the world's coral because of human activity like dredging the sea floor, pollution, and emitting greenhouse gases that warm ocean waters and make them more acidic.

Alkaline water is different from tap water because it's less acidic.

I decided that this would be acidic enough because the lion - share of the ingredients was the peaches which is safe to use water bath canning for, even if there isn't much sugar added.

Because this keeps the water neutral to slightly acidic, your tank will be perfect for tropical fish or shrimp.

The waters probed during this study, known as the California Current, are a hot spot of ocean acidification because of coastal upwelling, which brings naturally acidic waters to the surface, where they are made even more acidic by greenhouse gas pollution.

This change may happen because the fish have to use energy to get rid of acidic water, rather than to grow.

The general consensus seems to be that tomatoes are iffy for water bath canning because the pH is not quite acidic enough.

Start by rinsing your mouth with pH - neutral tap water or an oral rinse with a neutral pH because brushing teeth in an acidic environment is more likely to damage enamel.

Most caves across the world are found in limestone areas because, although limestone is a strong rock, it has certain properties which mean it is susceptible to corrosion (chemical erosion by slightly acidic water).

Analysis showed that these striking clay bands formed because the usual microscopic calcium - rich shells were absent - dissolved away by acidic sea waters.

The oceans, too, absorb a lot of CO2, although that's not a good thing because it makes the water more acidic.

But it's already a serious business problem at the Whisky Creek oyster hatchery in Oregon, where oyster larvae often die because the water is too acidic:

Rain that is more acidic than normal because water vapour has condensed ion to particles of sulphate or nitrogen oxide.

And what is actually even more alarming is the CO2 discharged into our oceans which changes the acidity (ph balance) of the water, and this is already having disastrous results in the seafood industry because oysters can not form their shells naturally due to the acidic levels from the excessive CO2.

In addition, Alaska oyster farmers are now indirectly affected by ocean acidification impacts farther south because they rely on oyster spat (attached oyster larvae) from Puget Sound farmers who are now directly affected by the recent upwelling of acidic waters along the Washington and Oregon coastline (Ch.

McLaughlin's research shows that there is now evidence for falling concentrations of aragonite — the result of surface waters becoming more acidic because of the sea ice melting — making it more difficult for the shellfish to maintain their shells.

This is important to Oceana because air pollution from coal eventually ends up in the ocean, making the water acidic and raising the water temperature, which causes other problems for ocean life.