How is co2 absorbed in the ocean

Blue-green algae! That sustenance then gets passed along the food chain. It also dissolves in seawater, forming carbonic acid. Those structures can end up weakened or, in the worst cases, straight-up dissolved. In the early s, some scientists got together to study what might happen if you pumped carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the deep ocean via pipelines.

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An increase in carbon dioxide in the ocean leads to ocean acidification , which can dissolve the calcium carbonate that makes up mussel shells and coral skeletons, and interrupt processes like fish breathing. About Contact Us.

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