Under Water Sea life is one of the most beautiful and natural creations our Earth has to offer. Our oceans are the source of connection to all countries in this world. What we don't know about our oceans is that our beautiful sea life is being reduced and extinct by the human population. All the pollution from motor vehicles, and factories are being released into the air that over time gets absorbed by the oceans, which then affects our living breathing sea life. This tragedy is called ocean acidification. Ocean Acidification is the rapid decrease in the pH, (pH is the measure of ocean acidity,) of the Earth's ocean, caused by its intake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This rapid increase of carbon dioxide is directly coming from the large consumption of fossil fuel that humans constantly release into the air for our own selfish reasons. As we increase the level of carbon dioxide that is being released in a short amount of time, we are letting small amounts seeps into the earth's oceans through the continual water cycle. When the carbon dioxide seeps into the oceans, it begins to turn into carbonic acid. In small amounts, carbonic acid is not seriously harmful and is usually part of the ocean ecosystems in natural ways. However, when the ocean starts to absorb large amounts of carbonic acid, it begins to become unnatural and poisonous to all living organisms and species in the ocean.
According to, (PMEL Carbon Program The Chemistry,) "Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the pH of surface ocean waters has fallen by 0.1 pH units. Since the pH scale, like the Richter scale, is logarithmic, this change represents approximately a 30 percent increase in acidity." ("A Primer on PH.") The rate of ocean acidification has been rapidly increasing as society has begun relying and creating tons more on motor vehicles, aircrafts, and industrialized machines, as well as any other inventions that may run on fossil fuels.
