Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Marine Carbon Cycle: Fish

Agustin Gonzalez


Summary:

This article is about how many marine lifes, such as fish an other marine organisms affect the amoutnof acid inside the water in which they lives in. According to studies done in the UK, US, and Canada, Many marine organisms produce a substance known as Marine Calcium Carbonate. This substance basically helps clear the acidness from the water a little. Studies show that about 3-15% of marine life do this. In the future when the amount of CO2 is greater, then they will produce more marine calcium carbonate.


Opinion:

Well I think that it took scientists way too long to figure out something that was right there and was kind of obvious. I think it was obvious because since there has been a lot of CO2 in the oceans creating unhealthy climates for any marine life. It kind of maked you wonder how they were surviving under harsh conditions. however since they got this far, they should continue to do this research. Maybe one day, this could be our solution to solve the large amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere.

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