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?
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Ocean Acidification
Before learning about ocean acidification I never actually heard much about it, it was probably mentioned a few times in science class but I never paid much attention to the topic. I am worried about ocean acidification because one of our main food sources is the ocean, if ocean acidification is damaging homes, weakening, and killing marine animals, food chains and food webs would be impacted that could possibly create a mass extinction of our marine life which would also greatly affect us. I think that because we don’t often see what’s happening in our oceans people don’t think much about it, but if we were taught about ocean acidification earlier on and had more visuals about the impact of ocean acidification this topic would be a bigger concern to more people.