Adding minerals to oceans could cut acidification

• Autores: Alice Klein
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3073, 2016, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A last-ditch approach to slow ocean acidification nay involve spreading a mineral along coasts to suck acidifying protons out of the water. Earth's oceans are now 25% more acidic than they were before the industrial revolution, due to excess carbon dioxide. In the air dissolving to form carbonic add. This acidification is threatening a wide range of marine organisms, including corals, because it makes it harder for them to build their skeletons and shells