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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

PREFERRED TERM

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION  

DEFINITION

  • The process by which ocean waters have become more acidic due to the absorption of human-produced carbon dioxide, which interacts with ocean water to form carbonic acid and lower the ocean’s pH. Acidity reduces the capacity of key plankton species and shelled animals to form and maintain shells.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • OA

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-09-11 10:12:45.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (OCEAN ACIDIFICATION [a219dbe6-c095-4002-9fbe-012b31da839c,369153] - ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS [5273c8c2-d30b-4666-b2d5-0388ce2741d0,364549]);
  • 2019-09-11 10:16:32.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: OA language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: The process by which ocean waters have become more acidic due to the absorption of human-produced carbon dioxide, which interacts with ocean water to form carbonic acid and lower the ocean’s pH. Acidity reduces the capacity of key plankton species and shelled animals to form and maintain shells. language code: en);
  • 2019-09-11 10:19:00.0 [tstevens] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 6eb3919b-85ce-4988-8b78-9d0018fd8089 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/a219dbe6-c095-4002-9fbe-012b31da839c

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