In addition to the famous impacts of atmospheric carbon on global warming, there is an equally worrisome effect of carbon dioxide on the oceans: ocean acidification (or OA for short). Here at I2SEA we have a series of resources about OA, including Our Acidifying Ocean, which is an introductory activity and virtual lab (note: now mobile compatible!).
A student suggested that we start a conversation topic about OA, and here it is! Have you heard about Ocean Acidification? If so, are you worried about it? How do you think we can best raise awareness about it among your fellow students and the general public? Have you seen particularly good links or films about OA that you would like to share? What are you doing to address the problem?
Ocean Acidification >
Reducing Carbon Footprints
An action that I could take is to have my family get an electric car, which we are doing, and also to hang clothes to dry rather than dry them in the dryer. Another thing is to not use my dads car (fully gas) as much, and use my moms car (Tesla, so fully electric) when we can. We can also bring reusable shopping bags everywhere we go. We can also take shorter showers. Some measures the school could take, and is taking is that there are no plastic water bottles, and just refil stations above the water fountains, so that nobody needs to get a plastic one. Another thing is that the school has a no idling policy, and that is helping less gas go into the air.
Another thing You could do is get solar panels or invest in a solar farm, I have solar panels which produce about 70% of our electric power.