Ocean acidification

Ocean acidification is the carbon dioxide pollution in the ocean. The ocean absorbs 1/4 of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by people. It effects ocean life as small as plankton, making it more difficult for them to live and make them use more energy to find shelter. Since this effects the base of the food chain, it will be a domino effect to the larger animals. On a coast in California waters were even found to be corrosive. Some of this water could dissolve shells. Some scientists believe that the ocean's chemistry could be completely changed and the entire ocean ecosystem could be dead in one hundred years.

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