Sentences with phrase «increase in acidity»

For example, as global CO2 levels rise, increases in the acidity of the ocean are expected to have dramatic impacts on sea life.

While that does not sound like much, that is a 30 percent increase in acidity, and it could decrease another 0.3 pH units by the end of the century.

A research team, led by University of Delaware professor Wei - Jun Cai, has identified a zone of water that is increasing in acidity in the Chesapeake Bay.

More than a dozen projections by the International Panel on Climate Change indicate that ocean pH by the end of the century could drop as low as 7.8, which would correspond to a 150 percent increase in acidity since preindustrial times.

Today it's 8.1, a 30 percent increase in acidity on the logarithmic scale.

This tiny step on the logarithmic pH scale translates into a 30 per cent increase in acidity.

Recent studies suggest that some organisms probably can't cope with the expected increases in acidity; others suggest they might be able to handle the increasing acidity, but not also deal with rising temperatures.

Most of the rest is going into the oceans which are showing a corresponding increase in acidity due to carbonic acid.

That may not sound like much, but pH is a logarithmic scale, so the decline in fact represents a whopping 30 percent increase in acidity.

Some of the experienced caregivers I've talked to believe it's because of an increase in the acidity of stools and urine (possibly due to so much saliva making its way to the gut).

When the pH of the ocean dips as a result of absorbing this excess gas, bottom sediments rich in calcium carbonate begin to dissolve, countering the increase in acidity.

On average, researchers estimate that surface waters, where key players in the ocean food chain live, have seen a 0.1 decrease in pH since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution; that's an extraordinarily rapid 30 % increase in acidity.

When carbon dioxide, CO2, from the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it forms carbonic acid (the same thing that makes soda fizz), making the ocean more acidic and decreasing the ocean's pH. This increase in acidity makes it more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons, and threatens coral reefs the world over.

30 percent increase in acidity The University of Washington marine biologist is there courtesy of Penn Cove Shellfish, which is also the oldest and best known mussel operation in the United States.

But in large eutrophic estuaries like the Chesapeake Bay, the combined environmental and climate change stressors make the Bay more vulnerable, and the excess nutrients and increase in acidity may take a larger toll.

«Acid zone in Chesapeake Bay identified: Zone of water 30 feet below surface is increasing in acidity, threatening shellfish.»

The continual drop in oceanographic pH (increase in acidity) is arguably one of the most worrying effects of atmospheric carbon, as up to 40 % of the CO2 released will eventually be dissolved into the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers.

ref While this may not sound like a lot, the pH scale is logarithmic and this change represents a 30 % increase in acidity.

When carbonic acid input is modest, sediments from the ocean floor can buffer the increases in acidity.

The increase in acidity in the muscles is what creates that sensation of «barre burn» in the muscles.

According to the theory behind an alkaline - based diet, consuming too much acidic food will cause an increase in the acidity (and decrease in pH) of...

Modern diets and non-vegan protein sources may cause an increase in acidity in the blood, which then needs to be buffered by the body breaking down bone and muscle tissue to free up «basic» (alkaline) compounds.

A 60 % increase in acidity (measured by the relative density of hydrogen ions in bodily fluids; in terms of the pH number, it corresponds to a drop from 7.4 to 7) results in death.

Using bad oils in cooking adds up to a lot of empty calories, as well as an increase in acidity and inflammation.

So far, the increase in acidity amounts to about 30 %, which could rise to about 500 % within a century.

Though the increase in acidity is slight, it represents a «major departure» from the geochemical conditions that have existed in the oceans for hundred of thousands if not millions of years.

One of the main reasons that the surface layer is increasing in acidity (or more accurately, becoming less alkaline) is because the current increase in the rate of human - generated CO2 is overwhelming the ocean's ability to absorb it.

This increase in the ocean's hydrogen ion concentration corresponds to a reduction in pH, or an increase in acidity.

Since the preindustrial period, pH has declined by approximately 0.1 pH unit corresponding to a 30 percent increase in acidity.