Ocean Acidification Flashcards
What is the first more researches effect of c02 and our oceans
It’s cause global warming + acidification
How long has it taken human activity to alter the acidity
H Took humans several decades using fossil fuels
Why is acidification of worlds ocean so important how?
Because it rapidly becoming more acidic with all of our fossil fuels and the ocean will soon double its acidity and marine life will not be able to live in those conditions
List 3 things you rely on the ocean for
Good recreation transportation
What are the fossil fuels spoken of in the pod cast
Fossil fuels are bad, humans make fossil fuel by burning coal, oil, gas
How much of the CO2 gas in the atmosphere touches the ocean and therefore allows to dissolve in them
Atmosphere touches ocean over 70% earth surface ocean has your one quarter of carbon dioxide
How many tons of CO2 does the world emit daily into the atmosphere
22 million tuns( 2000 pounds in one ton)
how much has the ocean observed so far of CO2
One quarter increases by 30%
The city of the ocean in the 1900s was measured by 30% by the end of this century what is the mathematical prediction of acidity
It will be double run end of the century
The molecule composition of the ocean are at risk what specific thing will be most affected by increasing acidity
Crap, ship shrimp, crawfish crab, lobster, muscle, oyster, see urchin all animals with showers, coral, plankton
Where in the US has acidic water been found
Northern California
This for species this will affect in that coastal water
Crab shrimp crawfish lobster muscle oyster see urchin plankton and coral
Which of the five oceans will be affected first and why
Arctic Ocean because the cold water becomes more acidic faster
When was the last time the ocean acidic level or this dangerous
When dinosaurs roamed the earth
Why were coral also very sensitive to that affect
They can’t form their skeleton like they used to
