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There are several ways that the oceans are related to atmospheric carbon dioxide:
- Carbon dioxide dissolvs into water to make a weakly acid carbonic acid. The acidity of the ocean water has increased with increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels
- Of the plants on the earth, phytoplankton probably accounts for 80% of the earth's oxygen from photosynthesis where CO2 is converted to O2. Some speculate that an increase in carbon dioxide may cause a phytoplankton bloom.
- Some ocean animals (corals and mollusks) use carbon dioxide as carbonate to form their shells
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∙ 10y agoThe ocean would not absorb the carbon if the carbon wasn't in the air.
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What are large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide absorbed by?
The ocean absorbs large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and is acidified thereby.
Large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are absorbed by .?
Oceans
Large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by?
Forests and Oceans.
What Large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide are absorbed by what?
The ocean absorbs large amounts of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and is acidified thereby.
Does mercury have large amounts of carbon dioxide?
it doesn't have any in it
What is the nature way that large amounts of carbon dioxide are added to the Eart's atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide goes through cycles of being dissolved in the oceans, until it reaches a supersaturated concentration. At that point, the oceans release it back into the atmosphere until a supersaturated concentration is produced, and the process starts over.
Which is more dangerous carbon dioxide or water and why?
Carbon Dioxide because without water you die and with carbon dioxide(concentrated in large amounts) you will have trouble breathing, or possibly die.
What would happen if oceans had sugar water?
The sugar in the water would be consumed by bacteria rather quickly, which would release large amounts of carbon dioxide and possibly alcohol into the ocean.
Do the alveolar ducts absorb carbon dioxide?
No they absorb large amounts of oxygen into the blood.
Why is the concentration of carbon dioxide rapidly increasing in the Earths atmosphere?
In the past 50 to 100 years, man has burned about one halve of all the oil which formed through the ages, plus large amounts of coal, lumber, and natural gas. This is the source of the carbon dioxide. It would be worse except the oceans absorbed some of the carbon dioxide increase.
How does a saguaro cactus store large amounts of food?
The saguaro does not store large amounts of food. It does store large amounts of water with which it can use to produce food, along with carbon dioxide and sunlight.
In the mitochondria the smaller molecules reacts producing what?
carbon dioxide, water and large amounts of energy
