How does carbon get into the ocean?
Gases can be stored in clouds such as
carbon. When the CO2 dissolves it comes down into the ocean creating H2Co3. I also believe that when it rains those gases are released from the clouds r moisture in the air and then fall with the rain. This is what we call acid rain.
Why does carbon make the
ocean more acidic?
Well It makes the ocean more acidic
because when it comes in contact with
the ocean the carbonic acid leaks into
the ocean, causing the acidic levels to
rise. You might ask how do we measure acid levels. We measure acidic levels though PH.
How does it affect ocean life?
This can affect the food change because the carbon (CO2) comes from the atmosphere and joins water(H2O) in the ocean creating H2CO3. Why is this acidic? This is acidic because anything plus hydrogen becomes an acid. So when the carbon and hydrogen come together creating H2CO3 it changes to a chemical component, creating change. Such as if the food that little fishy's eat change, the fish won't have food to eat causing them to starve and die off, then leaving the bigger animals/predator's to having no food so it affects the way the animals eat, and the entire food chain! Or in other words if we continue to get more hydrogen in the ocean it will create more HCO3-1 so there would be less CO3-1 which is what ocean life mainly eats. Then in bigger aspects it will first cause change in the ocean but then other living things on land would have to adapt to food change also.
Gases can be stored in clouds such as
carbon. When the CO2 dissolves it comes down into the ocean creating H2Co3. I also believe that when it rains those gases are released from the clouds r moisture in the air and then fall with the rain. This is what we call acid rain.
Why does carbon make the
ocean more acidic?
Well It makes the ocean more acidic
because when it comes in contact with
the ocean the carbonic acid leaks into
the ocean, causing the acidic levels to
rise. You might ask how do we measure acid levels. We measure acidic levels though PH.
How does it affect ocean life?
This can affect the food change because the carbon (CO2) comes from the atmosphere and joins water(H2O) in the ocean creating H2CO3. Why is this acidic? This is acidic because anything plus hydrogen becomes an acid. So when the carbon and hydrogen come together creating H2CO3 it changes to a chemical component, creating change. Such as if the food that little fishy's eat change, the fish won't have food to eat causing them to starve and die off, then leaving the bigger animals/predator's to having no food so it affects the way the animals eat, and the entire food chain! Or in other words if we continue to get more hydrogen in the ocean it will create more HCO3-1 so there would be less CO3-1 which is what ocean life mainly eats. Then in bigger aspects it will first cause change in the ocean but then other living things on land would have to adapt to food change also.