EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
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The temperature of the ocean is decreasing and the pH is decreasing making the ocean more acidic.
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The temperature of the ocean is decreasing in the ocean and the pH is increasing making the ocean more basic.
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The temperature of the ocean is rising and the pH is decreasing making the ocean more acidic.
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The temperature of the ocean is rising in the ocean and the pH is increasing making the ocean more basic.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Increased ocean temperatures and changing ocean chemistry are the greatest global threats to coral reef ecosystems. These threats are caused by warmer atmospheric temperatures and increasing levels of carbon dioxide in seawater.
Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following abiotic components are causing the coral reef to diminish and become brittle (weak and fragile)? The temperature of the ocean is decreasing and the pH is decreasing making the ocean more acidic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pollution, overfishing, destructive fishing practices using dynamite or cyanide, collecting live corals for the aquarium market, mining coral for building materials, and a warming climate are some of the many ways that people damage reefs all around the world every day.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coral bleaching and ocean acidification are two climate-related impacts to coral reefs.
Detailed explanation-5: -Climate change is the greatest global threat to coral reef ecosystems. Scientific evidence now clearly indicates that the Earth’s atmosphere and ocean are warming, and that these changes are primarily due to greenhouse gases derived from human activities.