{"id":9327,"title":"Ocean Acidification","description":"Ocean acidification occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.","content":"<h2><strong>The CO2\u00a0Problem<\/strong><\/h2><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/smf89pryl2qhzadkczi8rvzqpg4job5v0ojbh084aoukrukt.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"71289174\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><p>Ocean Acidification\u00a0occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Anthropogenic, or human-caused, carbon dioxide comes from greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, cement production, and deforestation have pumped about two trillion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Deforestation adds to the issue by contributing about 10 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions. The deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has a particularly devastating effect on rising CO2\u00a0levels.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/teemill.co.uk\/uploaded\/thumbnails\/71289186\/hcrsriiznk8nisyc3zdhxn0m2gicylfcim4igdwloipci2ng_71289186_466xauto.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"71289186\" \/><br \/><\/p><p>As atmospheric CO2 levels increase, so do the levels in the ocean. The ocean has taken up about 25 percent of the excess gas, the equivalent of over 600 billion tons of carbon dioxide, from 1750 to 2015.\u00a0As atmospheric CO2\u00a0levels increase, so do the levels in the ocean.\u00a0<\/p><p>When seawater absorbs carbon dioxide its acidity is increased, which decreases the building blocks used by shellfish to grow their shells. Some studies have shown that ocean acidification has negative implications for marine life, particularly clams, mussels, coral reefs, and small sea snails, which could have difficulty building or maintaining their shells in increasingly acidic waters.\u00a0<\/p>","urlTitle":"ocean-acification","url":"\/blog\/ocean-acification\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/ocean-acification\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/wonplanet.co.uk\/blog\/ocean-acification\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1609856462,"updatedAt":1657189543,"publishedAt":1612964629,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":103581,"name":"won-planet"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vrgroeny6ilb4x8d9sdgra3c40ryqqqxpkyxl6iiukpbb1mm.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vrgroeny6ilb4x8d9sdgra3c40ryqqqxpkyxl6iiukpbb1mm.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/vrgroeny6ilb4x8d9sdgra3c40ryqqqxpkyxl6iiukpbb1mm.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"Ocean Acidification","metaDescription":"Ocean acidification occurs when the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.","keyPhraseCampaignId":2812,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":9331,"title":"Shark Taxonomy","url":"\/blog\/shark-taxonomy\/","urlTitle":"shark-taxonomy","division":103581,"description":"Shark Taxonomy is a field of science that involves classifying and naming species.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/6bhvksz4wdavrf8emrrpjqlfzdf2ragwziddhzpusgqv5v1y.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/6bhvksz4wdavrf8emrrpjqlfzdf2ragwziddhzpusgqv5v1y.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":9325,"title":"Mangroves, What are they?","url":"\/blog\/mangroves-what-are-they\/","urlTitle":"mangroves-what-are-they","division":103581,"description":"Mangroves are a group of trees and shrubs that live in coastal intertidal zone.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/py17rc628fdve7p9tzrnoi9tak4c0bwmssbwb8ngye9fmdhv.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/py17rc628fdve7p9tzrnoi9tak4c0bwmssbwb8ngye9fmdhv.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":19239,"title":"The Sharks of the Galapagos Islands","url":"\/blog\/the-sharks-of-the-galapagos-islands\/","urlTitle":"the-sharks-of-the-galapagos-islands","division":103581,"description":"The most common of all the species found in the waters surrounding the islands are the Scalloped Hammerhead, Bullhead and Whale sharks.","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/krzmqzwryimo6xd4ybobm44stx1ykeaiyvvvduoffephxa9a.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/krzmqzwryimo6xd4ybobm44stx1ykeaiyvvvduoffephxa9a.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}