Sentences with phrase «neutralizes ocean acidity»

Fish are known to absorb calcium from seawater, binding it to carbon and excreting it as a carbonate molecule that can form a weak base capable of neutralizing ocean acidity.

Not exact matches

«Neutralization» is usually used in the context of neutralizing the carbon acidity, for example, by the dissolution of carbonate minerals, thus using this term to describe what happens when CO2 is added to the ocean would be misleading.
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