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Carbon dioxide dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid. Only a certain amount can dissolve, however, because at a certain point the water is saturated. So the ocean can remove a certain amount of carbon dioxide from the air (becoming more acidic in the process) but it can't remove all of the excess that has been added.

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