Ocean acidification is the continuous reduction of the ocean’s pH‚ carbonate ion concentration‚ and saturation states of biological calcium carbonate minerals. Ocean acidification is caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. According to “Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem‚” after the industrial revolution‚ carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere has increased nearly 40%‚ primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation (Doney S. 2009). The increase of
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decrease) in salinity around the equator? Could it not be argued that higher temperature causes more evaporation from the ocean surface‚ which‚ in turn‚ results in higher salinity content? Figure 9.4 shows how the surface temperature of the ocean and the surface salinity change with latitudinal position. Salinity the measure of the concentration of dissolved salts in the ocean water. Salinity influences where plants and animals can thrive‚ and also affects aspects of water quality and treatment
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sea is no‚ for if you are to go the depths of the sea imagine the negatives of exploring the ocean like‚ the risks of illness‚ the wasting of resources with ‚the population of trash in our ocean expanding to a unfathomable size is too much. For I dream that our economy be fixed‚ for I dream‚ that our ocean be clean‚ for I dream that our children will look outside but not at a polluted ocean but a clean ocean of beauty and wonder.
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Conclusion The chemical changes in ocean acidification is known to be caused by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere‚ resulting in the lowering of the pH making water more acidic‚ an increase in dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ a reduction in the concentration of carbonate ions and an increase in bicarbonate ions. The oceans are currently taking up about one ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with human activities per year. Almost half of the carbon dioxide
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and the Indian Ocean trade are two of the most important trade routes during the Post Classical Era (600CE- 1450CE) especially during the rise of African civilization and the Middle Ages. Both of these trade routes spread wealth‚ were Arab controlled‚ and a significant aspect for the dissemination of Islam; however‚ the differences in geography and resources traded set them apart from each other. Although they have very different geography‚ the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean Trade are both Arab
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to know what is under the ocean? Well in the Arctic region it contains some of the world’s largest reserves iron‚ copper‚ lead‚ and uranium. It is more beneficial for the United States to explore oceans because oceans can give us lots of resources such as copper and uranium‚ it has lots of land for us to colonize under the surface. Also it can inspire young people to get careers in important things like science and engineering. This paragraph will talk about how the ocean can help us survive‚ for
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The oceans cover about seventy-one percent of the world. Of that seventy-one percent‚ we have explored less than five percent. Oceanic exploration has been happening for hundreds of years. The ocean is a major part of people’s everyday life . Ocean exploration has been‚ is‚ and will be beneficial for everyone. “Underwater exploration was once limited to the span of time a diver could hold his or her breath. For centuries people dreamed of extending that time.” (National Geographic 2016). In 1797
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ecologically crucial habitats. The key process that has resulted in this extensive damage to coral reefs is termed ocean acidification‚ which is defined as the increase in oceanic acidity as a result of the uptake of atmospheric CO₂. Over the past 200 years‚ more than 30% of all CO₂ that has been emitted to the atmosphere as a result of anthropogenic activity has been absorbed by the oceans (Anthony et al. 2008). Such drastic changes in oceanic pH are having multiple adverse impacts upon coral reefs
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on Blue Ocean Strategy The Blue Ocean strategy appears to be an ideal move in the market until I learned its own drawbacks. Its advice is to create an uncontested market space‚ meaning no competition. I consider it a head start‚ yet it would just be an amount of time before others stand at-level with you. A first entrant earns the early profit‚ and the second entrant will likely perceive the first as a platform and eventually overtakes the same firm. Another drawback of the blue ocean is the
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planet. However‚ eventually the planet started cooling down; huge amounts of steam rose causing clouds. Then the clouds rained. One thousand years of continuous raining caused oceans which made earth like it is today. Planet Earth‚ also known as the blue planet‚ has oceans covering three quarters of the Earth’s surface. Oceans have a system to try and keep the water temperatures even‚ whether or not the climate is the same. This is called the ‘Thermohaline Conveyer’. This is when water from the Tropics
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