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Ocean acidification
Meaning
Noun
●
In Climate change:
The increase in
acidity
of
oceanic
waters
, from increased
atmospheric
carbon dioxide
levels that increase
dissolved
carbon dioxide
in
seawater
, which
causes
increased
carbonic acid
in
ocean
waters
,
lowering
its pH level.
●
Used
other than
figuratively
or
idiomatically
: see
ocean
, acidification.
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