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Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can become dissolved in the ocean forming an acid called carbonic acid. This acid results from carbon dioxide combining with water and this also contributes to the acidity of soda. The increased acidity of the ocean makes it more difficult for animals and corals to form shells which are made of calcium carbonate, the same material as chalk since calcium carbonate dissolves in acid. As a experiment, try adding lemon juice to a little piece of chalk or chalk powder. You can see how the acid from the lemon juice dissolves the chalk and bubbles from this. These bubbles are carbon dioxide and that the chalk or chalk powder disappears. This reaction happens to a much slower extent to seashells or the shells that corals try to form making more difficult for corals and certain other sea creatures.
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When there is a storm on top of the ocean what is happening in the deepest part of the ocean?
nothing
How do you know when a hurricane starts?
it has something to do with whats happening in the ocean.
What movement is happening in the bottom of the pacific ocean?
the movement in the plate tectonics causes the movement at the bottom of the pacific ocean
What is happening to the Pacific?
The Pacific Ocean is shrinking as the Atlanic Ocean is spreading. Subduction is occurring in the Pacific ocean and the continental plates are moving and that changes the placement of the oceans.
What is happening to the size of the Atlantic ocean?
The 70s turn alive and cuts everyone
Frank was wading in the ocean when he feels himself being dragged out to the ocean Explain what is happening to Frank?
Frank is experiencing the miracle of riptide.
What is happening to the land at the mid-ocean ridge?
New ocean floor is being created, pushing the Americas away from Europe and Africa.
What is happening to the Antarctic Ocean?
There is no ocean called the Antarctic Ocean. The waters surrounding the Antarctic Continent are considered parts of the South Pacific, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, or are called the Southern Ocean.
What is happening to the plates under the Atlantic ocean to make it expand?
it goes through puberty
What is sea floor spreading and what evidence do we have to prove it is happening?
Magnetic minerals on the ocean floor.
Why do you think it is important to know what is happening on the ocean floor?
so we know what is going on down there!
What bad thing is happening to the little penguin?
oil is getting spillt in the ocean which is causing them to die.
