Sentences with phrase «caused by acidification»

Rapid advances since then could help scientists peer more deeply into the atomic structure of the water as policymakers search for local and global solutions to the overwhelming problems caused by acidification.

Not exact matches

Increased ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide causes bleaching, too.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

Today the vast majority of the populace in industrialized nations suffers from problems caused by the stress of acidosis, because both modern lifestyle and diet promote acidification of the body's internal environment.

There it benefits marine organisms by helping to reduce the acidification caused by carbon concentrations that has been found to harm corals and shellfish.

A recent study estimated $ 1 trillion annually in losses caused by ocean acidification by 2100, if left unmitigated.

Of particular interest: whether some acidification might be caused by respiration of bottom - dwelling creatures like sponges, or whether most can be attributed to carbon emissions from an industrialized world.

At a global level, the excess of atmospheric CO2 is absorbed by ocean waters and it causes changes in water chemistry (pH decrease or ocean acidification).

His discoveries have also revealed how warming ocean temperatures and acidification of ocean water caused by climate change lead to coral bleaching and death.

The U.S. EPA is considering stiffening standards for the ocean acidification caused by rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere

Previous episodes of acidification — possibly caused by CO2 released from huge, sustained volcanic eruptions — had a tremendous ecological impact.

This balance is threatened by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, which causes ocean acidification (decreasing ocean pH).

Ocean acidification, another change caused by the oceans» uptake of carbon dioxide, also hurts corals.

While some acidification is caused by factory and vehicle emissions, the major fault lies with high ammonia levels in animal waste generated by the country's cattle industry.

The study should prompt a search for pH perception in other fish, according to the researchers, though they worry that looming ocean acidification caused by greenhouse gases might ultimately stifle fish with this ability, given that the catfish's acid meter worked best in average seawater — pH 8.1.

Some scientists are linking the phenomenon to warmer waters and ocean acidification caused by high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

But ocean acidification caused by climate change reduces the available carbonate ions.

A LITTLE good news on the climate front, for once: some marine creatures may adapt surprisingly well to ocean acidification caused by carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.

Our emissions have to go somewhere - half goes into the atmosphere, while the other half is absorbed by the oceans (which is causing another major problem - ocean acidification).

Ocean acidification is mainly caused by carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere dissolving into the ocean.

Marine scientists who met in Monaco in October 2008 released a strong statement on January 30, 2009 about ocean acidification accelerating due to increasing carbon emissions caused by human - induced climate change.

Changing living conditions caused by climate change or ocean acidification — the decrease of ocean pH due to the uptake of human - induced carbon dioxide from the atmosphere — pose serious threats to marine organisms.

Oceanic uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) causes pronounced shifts in marine carbonate chemistry and a decrease in seawater pH. Increasing evidence indicates that these changes — summarized by the term ocean acidification (OA)-- can significantly affect marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles.

Although the absorption of atmospheric CO2 by the ocean helps limit climate warming, it also changes seawater chemistry and causes ocean acidification.

Too much CO2 in the atmosphere is also being absorbed by the oceans, causing ocean acidification.

The abundance of reef - building corals is decreasing at a rate of 0.5 — 2 % / year, at least in part due to ocean warming and possibly ocean acidification caused by rising dissolved CO2 [39]--[41].

They also point out that there are other factors to consider, such as the deployment of such a system leading to political or military conflict, and the fact it ignores the acidification of the ocean, which is also caused by CO2 emissions.

Ocean acidification is caused by carbon dioxide pollution and it's associated with a decline in calcium carbonate, which coral use to make their tough sheaths.

Ocean Acidification and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary: Cause, effect, and response» pdf Final report endorsed by the SAC.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

Pollution, overfishing and ocean acidification caused by climate change were cited as the reason for the massive decline.

Add to that the pollution that affects all, caused by transportation, by industrial fumes, by the discharge of substances which contribute to the acidification of soil and water, by fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and toxic pesticides in general.

In an article on Yale 360 Environment, Veron writes that the major issues include mass bleachings caused by warmer water, which kills off zooxanthellae, the algae with which coral have a symbiotic relationship, and ocean acidification.

Ocean acidification, also largely caused by coal - burning, will change the ecology of the oceans and combine with the warming of the oceans caused by climate change to destroy the worlds coral reefs and damage fisheries.

«Ocean acidification is the term given to the reduction in pH of seawater caused by the absorbtion of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

One unwelcome side effect might be the acidification of the oceans, but the effects on sea levels from melting glaciers caused by global warming would be worse.

Acidification and warming are likely to interact: Acidification, for example, weakens the ability of coral reefs to recover from bouts of bleaching caused by warm ocean temperatures and might also harm other species near the base of the ocean food chain.

But there are considerable differences between such systems and the situation arising from global - scale ocean acidification caused by rising atmospheric CO2.

Damage to coral reefs from higher ocean temperatures and ocean acidification caused by higher atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, as well as damage from pollution and sedimentation, are threatening these breeding grounds for fish in tropical and subtropical waters.

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

This study of course does not take away very different concerns related to stratospheric aerosol SRM geoengineering, like possible damage to the ozone layer [which in turn would be good news if you hate waiting for that spring tan] and the fact that allowing CO2 concentrations to keep rising presents other problems, like the necessity to never stop with the active process of SRM geoengineering, and increasing ecological damage caused by ocean acidification.

At the same time, ocean acidification and warmer waters caused by climate change have decimated salmon stocks, including the prized blueback sockeye, a unique salmon species intimately linked to the Quinault people and their cultural identity.

The vast amounts of CO2 absorbed by the oceans causes acidification, influencing the health of our oceans and those whose livelihoods and nutrition depend on them.

Ocean acidification caused by carbon pollution further damages fisheries, and coastal storms increase risks to villages and fishing fleets.

An «inherent bias» in scientific journals in favour of more calamitous predictions has excluded research showing that marine creatures are not damaged by ocean acidification, which is caused by the sea absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

There is substantial new information that ocean acidification, rising ocean temperatures, declining sea ice, and other environmental changes are affecting the location and abundance of marine fish, including those that are commercially important, those used as food by other species, and those used for subsistence.16, 17,18,19,20,21 However, the relative importance of these potential causes of change is highly uncertain.

More distressing news about the decline of life in the oceans came in with another report, which shows that ocean acidification (fueled by ACD) is expected to cause skeletal deformities in half of global juvenile corals, making them increasingly susceptible to dying off.

The abundance of reef - building corals is decreasing at a rate of 0.5 — 2 % / year, at least in part due to ocean warming and possibly ocean acidification caused by rising dissolved CO2 [39]--[41].

Anthropogenic ocean acidification refers to the component of pH reduction that is caused by human activity.

WG1 FAQ3.3 Both anthropogenic climate change and anthropogenic ocean acidification are caused by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.