Sentences with phrase «creatures build their shells»
Because the tiny creatures build their shells from materials in seawater, their calcium carbonate homes reflect the ratio of the two isotopes in the seas of that time.
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Bronte Tilbrook at CSIRO in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, measured the concentration of aragonite — a form of calcium carbonate used by some creatures to build shells — at over 200 locations on the reef.
Many researchers worry that acidification will make life harder for some shell - building marine organisms such as clams, crabs, and shrimp; more - acidic water could corrode the creatures» shells, or make it harder to build them in the first place.
Calera bubbles the flue gas from the Moss Landing power plant on the California coast through seawater to produce an aggregate from carbonate, the same mineral sea creatures use to build their shells, perhaps more familiar as chalk.
Focusing on reef - building corals and other shelled creatures that are threatened by increasing temperatures and ocean acidification, she is testing them to determine how species may acclimatize to the new circumstances.
So more carbon dioxide means less carbonates for shell building by swimming snails and other creatures.
Spending time at the beach, building sand castles, collecting shells and rocks, catching a glimpse of the creatures in the tide pools, or visiting the elephant seals are all wonderful ways to connect your children (and you!)
When carbon dioxide dissolves in the sea, it becomes more acidic, making it hard for creatures like oysters, mussels and coral to build shells.