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Week 3 assignment: ocean acidification

Week 3 assignment: ocean acidification

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Ocean acidification is nothing but the decrease in pH value of the ocean water. This mainly happens due to the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (Clark, 2020). When carbon dioxide in the atmosphere becomes very high, it readily dissolves in upper surface of the ocean and as a result the pH is decreased and ocean acidification occurs. The ocean acidification has negative impacts on marine lives. The most of the marine animals’ outer shells are composed of calcium carbonate