Sentences with phrase «seawater chemistry more»

In that work, they made a coral reef community's seawater chemistry more alkaline — essentially giving the reef an antacid — and demonstrated that the coral's ability to construct its architecture was improved under these conditions.

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Now, marine scientists are wondering whether a dramatic, global shift in seawater chemistry could make some deep - sea hermit crabs bolder — or rather, more foolhardy.

This process tends to buffer the chemistry of the seawater so that pH changes are lessened (see section 2.2.3 and Annex 1 for a more detailed review).»

It's been enough to raise the levels of the ocean — and the extra carbon in the atmosphere has also changed the chemistry of that seawater, making it more acidic and beginning to threaten the base of the marine food chain.