Sentences with phrase «if ocean acidity»

In particular, if ocean acidity were a problem for shell formation, it would have shown up already in areas where there are naturally high levels of CO2.

Not exact matches

Their mission was to study how the abundant marine life in these frigid waters will bear up under the stress of one of the world's most daunting, if least publicized, environmental threats: the rising acidity of the oceans.

And if the ocean takes a long time to come to chemical equilibrium with the atmosphere the acidity would be less than if it were in equilibrium.

Best guess — mostly into the ocean; if we're lucky as sinking dead plankton directly into sediments; if we're not lucky, as increasing acidity, slime and toxic algae blooms.

One can logically wonder at just how much Dr. Dorney knows if he begins his testimony with «Today the surface ocean is almost 30 % more acidic than it was in pre-industrial times, and over the next few decades, the level of acidity of the surface ocean will continue to rise...» when the worries about acidic oceans is pointless since where is the base line?

It also means monitoring the acidity of oceans to see what effect, if any, changes will have on the global seafood industry.

``... the oceans are 30 percent more acidic today than they were during pre-industrial times and, if we continue burning fossil fuels as we are now, we will double the ocean's acidity by the end of the century.»

Imagine their pain if the crab populations that their livelihood is based upon begin to dwindle from rising acidity and ocean temperature.

Fresh water on the other hand is normally mildly acidic, so rivers if anything predominantly carry acidity to the ocean.

Perhaps we'd be making CO2 reductions a higher priority if the oceans were able to piss that extra acidity back onto the land.

If our carbon emissions — and ocean acidity — continue to rise at current rates, aragonite in the southern ocean could start to dissolve by 2060.

The ocean's absorption of anthropogenic CO2 has already resulted in more than a 30 % increase in the acidity of ocean surface waters, at a rate likely faster than anything experienced in the past 300 million years, and ocean acidity could increase by 150 % to 200 % by the end of the century if CO2 emissions continue unabated (Orr et al. 2005; Feely et al. 2009; Hönisch et al. 2012)

So I am forced to appeal to authority — if scientists in credible, peer - reviewed journals take (i) or (ii) to be knocked down, then I'll stop advocating for a lower carbon future (er, if increased ocean acidity is shown not to be a problem).

Now scientists are setting up to learn more about how our oceans are reacting to the 30 % increase in pH (the measure of acidity) that has already occurred, and what might happen if the trends continue.

I don't know if the amounts of SO2 needed to cool the Earth will have an significant effect on the acidity of the oceans.

«If the oceans are warming, or the acidity is changing, that will benefit some species more than others,» he says.