The climate tipping points
The Documentary Podcast
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The Effect of Carbon Dioxide in the Ocean
When adioxide dissolves in sea water, it creates carbonic acid. All that heat and acidity is what's wiping out coral reefs. If the mixing of waters between the upper and lower ocean breaks down, that acid builds up more quickly. And if that doesn't get them, leejing says, they also risk suffo When the ocean is warming up, the ocean is losing oxygen. So we have already observed several percentage degrees of ocean oxygen level.
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