Sentences with phrase «ocean acidity caused»

«This indicates that future changes in ocean acidity caused by atmospheric carbon - dioxide concentrations are largely independent of climate change.»

This newest threat follows on the heels of overfishing, sediment deposition, nitrate pollution in some areas, coral bleaching caused by global warming, and increasing ocean acidity caused by carbon emissions.

Not exact matches

The carbon they produce when building their chalk plates even helps buffer the increasing acidity in the ocean caused by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

It may takes tens of thousands of years for oceans to recover from the acidity caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide

The uptake of fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) by the ocean increases seawater acidity and causes a decline in carbonate ion concentrations.

The only time period that remotely resembles the ocean changes happening today, based on geologic records, was 56 million years ago when carbon mysteriously doubled in the atmosphere, global temperatures rose by approximately six degrees and ocean pH dropped sharply, driving up ocean acidity and causing a mass extinction among single - celled ocean organisms.

Combined with Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) buoys from NOAA measuring wind velocity, they track ocean acidity — and predict the upwelling events that cause increased acidity — in real Ocean Observing System (IOOS) buoys from NOAA measuring wind velocity, they track ocean acidity — and predict the upwelling events that cause increased acidity — in real ocean acidity — and predict the upwelling events that cause increased acidity — in real time.

We know the opposite to be true, that CO2 concentrations in the ocean are increasing and causing lower pH (higher acidity), which may be even more damaging to life than increasing temperatures.

Scientists» measurements, over the last 30 years or so, seem to reflect a steady increase in CO2 emissions, which seem to be causing both a rise in temperature and change in ocean ph toward acidity.

How will species adapt to the swift spike in ocean acidity that humans are causing?

In addition, the CO2 emitted by human activities has caused an increase of ocean acidity, with poorly understood but potentially important negative impacts.

The Antarctic ice sheet reached the coastline for the first time at ca. 33.6 Ma and became a driver of Antarctic circulation, which in turn affected global climate, causing increased latitudinal thermal gradients and a «spinning up» of the oceans that resulted in: (1) increased thermohaline circulation and erosional pulses of Northern Component Water and Antarctic Bottom Water; (2) increased deep - basin ventilation, which caused a decrease in oceanic residence time, a decrease in deep - ocean acidity, and a deepening of the calcite compensation depth (CCD); and (3) increased diatom diversity due to intensified upwelling.

For me, that means I'd like to see it broken down, which Coby has done well so far, by (these are just examples i'd like to see): Factors and evidence supporting or effectively debunking a) ocean acidity, which in itself has produced a number of alarming effects including less saline density in turn causing a slowing of thermohaline circulation (such as the gulf stream) b) photosynthesis - carbon sinks vs. sources or any direction that you'd like to take using what science knows CO2 to have an effect on.

WASHINGTON — In Washington state, oysters in some areas haven't reproduced for four years, and preliminary evidence suggests that the increasing acidity of the ocean could be the cause.

Anthropogenic CO2 emissions cause the oceans to absorb more CO2, which increases the acidity of the water.

«In addition to causing changes in climate, increasing levels of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities have a direct affect on the world's oceans,» the report found, particularly an increase in levels of acidity, which it said are a threat to marine life.

That rain water takes with it the fats, oils, greases, and fertalizers that might also be the cause the higher acidity in the oceans.

Arctic sea ice is melting at record rates, while the carbon dissolved in the oceans is causing acidity to rise, harming corals and shellfish.