Ocean acidification is the current decrease of pH happening in Earth’s oceans, caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.
This series will aim to simplify yet congeal various parts of that process and it’s potential impacts.
Like many issues affecting America today, ocean acidification is a topic that fights to gain interest and motivation from the public.
James Dempsey, creator of environmentalfuture.org, says he has been working with writers, biologists, specialists, and others to help bridge the gap between this broad issue and the public’s attention.
As we previously reported, the Pacific northwest coasts affected by the current that comes across the Pacific have seen diminished shellfish and pterapods, or tiny snail-like creatures, which provide food for a majority of the ocean.
Ocean acidification increases carbonic acid which inhibits mollusks’ abilities to form shells.