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from:S c i e n t i s t s a n d r e s e a r c h e r s h a v e b e g u n t o p a y m o r e a t t e n t i o n t o t h e w a t e r s o f t h e o c e a n a n d h o w g l o b a l w a r m i n g e f f e c t s t h e o c e a n . O c e a n t e m p e r a t u r e s h a v e b e e n r i s i n g a s f a r b a c k a s 1 9 4 0 , c a u s i n g a n i n c r e a s e i n t h e s t r e n g t h o f h u r r i c a n e s a n d t s u n a m i s .
T h e r e a r e m a n y s k e p t i c s w h o d o n o t a g r e e a b o u t h o w g l o b a l w a r m i n g e f f e c t s t h e o c e a n , b u t t h e y a l l c a n a g r e e t h e r e i s a n i n c r e a s e o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n o u r a t m o s p h e r e a s w e l l a s t h e o c e a n s . T h e s e i s a l s o l i t t l e d o u b t a s t o w h a t h a s c a u s e d t h e i n c r e a s e i n c a r b o n d i o x i d e , w h i c h i s o u r d e p e n d e n c y o n f o s s i l f u e l s .
T h e o c e a n s h e l p c o n t r o l t h e a m o u n t o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e r e l e a s e d i n t h e a i r b y a b s o r b i n g i t i n t o t h e o c e a n s s a l t y w a t e r s . T h i s i n t u r n h e l p s t o c o n t r o l t h e a m o u n t o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g i n t h e e a r t h s a t m o s p h e r e . T h e p r o b l e m i s t h e c a r b o n d i o x i d e a l s o c h a n g e s t h e o c e a n i c w a t e r s , c a u s i n g t h e m t o h a v e a h i g h e r l e v e l o f a c i d . T h i s c o u l d p o s s i b l y h a v e a n e f f e c t o n a n y t y p e o f l i f e w h i c h i s f o u n d i n t h e o c e a n .
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C a r b o n d i o x i d e i s a g a s t h a t h e l p s h o l d i n t h e h e a t w h i c h i s o n t h e e a r t h . I t i s a n e c e s s a r y p r o c e s s i n o r d e r t o k e e p t h e e a r t h w a r m e n o u g h t o s u s t a i n l i f e . E x c e s s a m o u n t s o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e c a u s e i n c r e a s e d h e a t . T h e r e a r e m a n y e l e m e n t s t h a t c o m e i n t o p l a y t o p r o d u c e c a r b o n d i o x i d e . O u r d e p e n d e n c e o n g a s o l i n e i s a m a j o r f a c t o r i n t h e i n c r e a s e o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e . W e a r e n o w p r o d u c i n g c a r b o n d i o x i d e a t m u c h g r e a t e r l e v e l s a n d t h e r e a r e n o t e n o u g h n a t u r a l e l e m e n t s t o c o n t r o l i t .
H o w g l o b a l w a r m i n g e f f e c t s t h e o c e a n d e p e n d s o n h o w f a s t w e p u t c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n t h e a i r . T h e o c e a n a b s o r b s a s m u c h a s a t h i r d o f t h e c a r b o n d i o x i d e w h i c h w e g e n e r a t e . T h e r e i s s o m e q u e s t i o n h o w l o n g t h i s c a n c o n t i n u e . W i t h m o r e a n d m o r e c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n t h e a i r t h e o c e a n s o f t h e w o r l d w i l l n o t b e a b l e t o h a n d l e i t .
W h e n t r y i n g t o d e t e r m i n e h o w g l o b a l w a r m i n g e f f e c t s t h e o c e a n y o u h a v e t o c o n s i d e r t h e f a c t t h a t t h e i n c r e a s e o f c a r b o n d i o x i d e i n t h e w a t e r h a s i n c r e a s e d t h e a c i d i t y o f t h e w a t e r a s w e l l a s t h e w a t e r l e v e l . Y o u a l s o h a v e t o c o n s i d e r w h a t t h e a c i d d o e s t o o c e a n i c p l a n t l i f e a n d m a r i n e l i f e . S o m e s t u d i e s s h o w t h e a c i d r e d u c e s t h e p l a n k t o n i n t h e o c e a n w h i c h i s c r i t i c a l t o s o m e f o r m s o f s e a l i f e . I f t h e c u r r e n t t r e n d c o n t i n u e s t h e r e i s f e a r t h a t s o m e s p e c i e s o f m a r i n e l i f e w i l l b e c o m e e x t i n c t . T h e r e i s a l s o s p e c u l a t i o n t h a t t h e h i g h e r a c i d i t y w i l l i n s o m e w a y d a m a g e o t h e r m a r i n e l i f e a n d t h e f o o d c h a i n i t n e e d s t o s u r v i v e . G l o b a l w a r m i n g i s a s e r i o u s p r o b l e m t h a t n e e d s t o b e a d d r e s s e d a n d d e a l t w i t h n o w s o t h a t o u r c h i l d r e n w i l l h a v e a s a f e r w o r l d t o r a i s e t h e i r c h i l d r e n i n .
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