Acidification of coastal waters. (2019, February 11). Retrieved from https://oehha.ca.gov/epic/climate-change-drivers/acidification-coastal-waters. 

 

In the article Acidification of coastal waters, it discusses ocean acidification and what problems it causes. It states that  “oceans absorb about one-third of CO2 emitted by human activities”. Although this absorption has brought down levels of the gas in the atmosphere, it has impacted the CO2 levels due to its weak acid state in the water, causing large amounts to be absorbed by the oceans resulting in acidifying seawater. Some problems that OA has caused include shell dissolution and inhibited shell formation, impaired physiology, disruption of marine ecology, increased impacts of other stressors on coastal ecosystems and lastly potential loss to the seafood industry. 

 

I believe ocean acidification is horrible not only because of the problems that are listed in the article but the simple fact that it continues to happen and we either are doing the bare minimum or nothing is improving.