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Ocean Conservation: Ocean Acidification and the Impacts of Fish Migration

Green Tech Challenge

Put simply, ocean acidification is the imbalance of chemical content in ocean water; whereby there is increased acidity, and upward temperature changes. The ocean has experienced a 26% pH drop in the last century. Ocean acidification has negative effects on sea-life and the ecosystem.

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Glaciers are more than ‘frozen, sterile wastelands’

Grist

The book attempts to construct a less jargon-y vocabulary for the climate crisis to help people process the consequences of concepts such as ocean acidification and glacial melt. . Earlier this year, for instance, Andri Snær Magnason, the Icelandic poet famous for writing a dying glacier’s memorial, published On Time and Water.

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World Ocean Day: Government welcomes call for new Highly Protected Marine Areas

Business Green

Any activities that could have a damaging effect on habitats or wildlife, including fishing, construction, and dredging would be banned.

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Reaching net zero requires climate intervention and aggressive mitigation

Business Green

At present, the construction of an industrial plant large enough reduce the atmospheric CO 2 concentration by one ppm per year (7.81 Currently, international emissions reductions are falling well short of even the 1.9 Gt challenge. It has been suggested that the response can be augmented by using various draw-down approaches.

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Every region of the country is taking climate action. Here’s how.

Grist

The Chugach Regional Resources Commission, an organization made up of seven Indigenous governments in south-central Alaska, is leading several projects aimed at helping coastal communities adapt to the changing ocean. Climate pressures like ocean acidification have made it harder for the mollusks to build and maintain shells.

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Using Trees To Build A Better World

R-Squared Energy

Our oceans are absorbing more and more carbon to the point they are reaching saturation. This is a process called ocean acidification that is starting to tip to a point where life in our oceans must adapt or die out. Wood used in construction is effectively sequestered unless an outlier event exists, such as a fire.

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? Charting a course to curb maritime emissions

Climate Tech VC

Despite fears about cost increases and low-sulfur fuel availability, the change was a success in terms of decreasing pollution that contributes to ocean acidification and harms the health of humans and marine life. No green or blue ammonia is being produced at scale today, though construction on new plants are underway.