Why should we care about Ocean acidification?
Ocean acidification is becoming a conflict over the years. Now, is a good time to start thinking about some things we should do to help prevent things in the ocean from getting worse. The conflict is that many people are overfishing, the ocean is becoming more acidic, and it's affecting the marine species negatively.
- "Over one billion people around the world depend on food from the ocean as their primary source of protein."
- " Taylor Shellfish Farms, a fifth generation farm in Oregon has stated that its baby oysters cannot even reach maturation because the ocean water is dissolving their protective shells."
- "According to the United Nations Environment Program, ocean acidification has the potential for altering biodiversity, species composition, tourism, fishing industries, and the entire food web."
- "When carbon dioxide dissolves in the ocean, carbonic acid is formed. This leads to higher acidity, mainly near the surface, which has been proven to inhibit shell growth in marine animals and is suspected as a cause of reproductive disorders in some fish."
- " Over the last 250 years, the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased from 280 parts per million to over 394 parts per million due to the burning of fossils and land use change."