Chapter 25, Problem 7AA

Summary Introduction

To explain: The kind of changes that are the tourists likely to see, compared to the state of the given underwater wonderland at the turn of the twentieth century.

Concept introduction: Ocean acidification refers to ongoing declining of the Earth’s ocean pH. Ocean acidification is mainly caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Mostly the ocean absorbs almost about 30 percentage of atmospheric CO₂ that released in the atmosphere are responsible for ocean acidification.

Summary Introduction

To explain: The biological mechanisms that would explain the observational changes of the underwater wonderland.

Concept introduction: Ocean acidification refers to ongoing declining of the Earth’s ocean pH. Ocean acidification is mainly caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Mostly the ocean absorbs almost about 30 percentage of atmospheric CO₂ that released in the atmosphere are responsible for ocean acidification.

Summary Introduction

To explain: The effective action that can be taken to ensure the tourists of the future will have a more rewarding experience of nature under the waves.

Concept introduction: Ocean acidification refers to ongoing declining of the Earth’s ocean pH. Ocean acidification is mainly caused by the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Mostly the ocean absorbs almost about 30 percentage of atmospheric CO₂ that released in the atmosphere are responsible for ocean acidification.