{"id":14400,"date":"2013-09-21T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T07:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/ocean-acidification-definition\/"},"modified":"2013-09-21T10:26:53","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T07:26:53","slug":"ocean-acidification-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/ocean-acidification-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Acidification Definition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Essentially, not all of the carbon dioxide that mankind emits remains in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climate-change-guide.com\/atmosphere-definition.html\">atmosphere<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In fact, a fairly large portion enters the ocean and this reduces its pH which increases its acidity as a result.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Will Cause Coral Bleaching<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Consequently, ocean acidification may cause a reduction in the calcification rates of calcifying organisms which include corals, mollusks, algae and crustaceans.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">By reducing the calcification rates of corals, ocean acidification will in turn cause <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climate-change-guide.com\/coral-bleaching-definition.html\">coral bleaching<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Ocean Acidification and Climate Change<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climate-change-guide.com\/climate-change-definition.html\">climate change<\/a> and ocean acidification are two very different environmental issues, they share the same cause: carbon dioxide emissions.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">In essence, by reducing our emissions of carbon dioxide, we will not only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climate-change-guide.com\/stop-climate-change.html\">mitigate climate change<\/a>, but we will also help stop ocean acidification.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Although ocean acidification may sound like a trivial issue, it is not.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Importance of Coral Reefs<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Millions of marine species depend on coral colonies and many of these species lie at the bottom of the oceans&#39; food chain.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">When coral reefs are bleached, all marine species are affected since they all depend on one another.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">If mankind fails to reduce its CO2 emissions, our oceans may one day turn into marine wastelands deprived of any signs of life. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">by Laurent Cousineau<\/p>\n<p>\t(Montreal) <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">source: http:\/\/www.climate-change-guide.com<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif\">\n<div class=\"source\">\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px; 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In fact, a fairly large portion enters the ocean and this reduces its pH which increases its acidity as a result. &nbsp; Will Cause Coral Bleaching &nbsp; Consequently, ocean acidification may cause a reduction in the calcification rates of calcifying &#8230; <a title=\"Ocean Acidification Definition\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/ocean-acidification-definition\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ocean Acidification Definition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,374,33,349,250,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clima-si-mediul-inconjurator","category-climate-and-the-environment-3","category-informatii-din-presa-internationala","category-international-press","category-news","category-stiri-utile-noutati"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}