How
pollution is changing the chemistry of ocean.
Oceans are
very important parts our planet as oceans make 2/3 part of the earth. More than
40% oxygen provide by oceans. Oceans also offer employment, medicine, and 20%
of protein to the world population. Furthermore, these water bodies also absorb
an adequate amount of carbon dioxide that may be up to 25%.
Now you can
realize that how these water resources are crucial for us. But, in modern
world, amount of carbon dioxide is escalating at high pace in atmosphere. That’s
why more CO2 is being dissolved by oceans. There are a number of chemical
reactions are occurring in the oceans. By increasing the dissolved amount of
CO2 would lead to reduce pH level or can say that would lead to Acidification.
As we all
know, most of the CO2 is produced by human activities such industrialization,
burning the fossils etc. Researchers have taken sample from the oceans at the
depth of 4 Kilometer to analyze surrounding temperature and chemical composition
of the water. The data shows that 26% Acidification has been increased from
past time and it is estimated that it would reach at 170% in 2100. This rate of
increasing Acidification is ten times more than in previous 55 million years ago.
Now you can imagine how much disaster we are creation in the ocean.
Effects of
Acidification;
The data
shows that some Marine species respond negatively because with increase in Acidification Carbonated Ions will decrease. These Carbonated Ions are building
blocks for Shells. In acidic environment these shells are getting dissolved which
surely will affect the food chain as many species are relies on Shells.
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Secondly,
70% of all known coral structures dissolve in water on which all marine species
are survived. It has become a Global threat and we should pay attention towards
this issue.
Government,
industry and other NGOs ought to be share same platform to tackle with this
menace. It can be prevented by reducing the emission of Green House gases such
as CO2 and CO. It is the question of generation and up coming generation.
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