BP3- Ocean Acidification

Ocean acidification is affecting everyone 

Oceans are becoming more and more acidic due to all the carbon in our atmosphere. The oceans have changed so much they've become warmer and they've absorbed 50% of the carbon dioxide that's put out by all of the industries and factories and cars we use everyday. Oceans have turned 30% more acidic in the last hundred years.
    Shelled animals, such as clams, oysters, and coral are affected the most due to the carbon in the ocean. The carbon doesn't allow them to fully grow out their shells and because of this they're shells are becoming weaker and so are they which also makes it easier for bigger animals to eat them. Normally shelled animals spend their feeding time scooping up carbonate ions, but when carbon enters the water it releases Hydrogen ions, but due to all the hydrogen ions in the water the animals tend to spend more time searching for food than actually eating the food causing them to give up and not eat and become weaker and smaller.
   Greenhouse gases started rising in the late 1800's in the United States when the industrial revolution first started to rise up and more and more people started migrating over here to find jobs. The workers were all races the ages ranged from five-year old girls to ladies in their late 70's. All those jobs were putting all this pollution in the atmosphere which caused it to turn the skies black for quite a long time.

Deep sea animals are being affected 

   Acids and Bases are how foods and liquids are scaled. They're scaled on how acidic they are on the PH scale. The scale ranges from 0 which is the most acidic, stomach acid, to 14 which is less acidic, Sodium hydroxide, the 0-4 includes stomach acid and lemon juice and anything you can think of In between. At the middle of the scale you have lucky number seven which is a neutral. A neutral is something that is not an acid nor is it a base. Our neutral is Water, pure water. After the neutrals come the bases which are the opposites of acids which include baking soda, tooth paste, soap, and bleach  these are the less acidic and not as harmful as the acids.
   All of our carbon dioxide is going into our atmosphere which makes earth a lot warmer than it has ever been. The ocean has absorbed almost half of the carbon dioxide that's in our atmosphere.