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The Chemistry Of The Oceans
This change in the carbon cycle to change the chemistry of the oceans, although carbon dioxide is chemically neutral gas in the atmosphere, is active in the oceans. When carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater, it produces a weak acid known as carbonic acid is an unstable acid leads to increased hydrogen ions. These ions to increase Ocean acidity, as measured by lack of concentration of hydrogen ions also reduce saturation of carbon ions, which are needed to form the shells and

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