...Jerred Seveyka; Katherine Cousins This hands-on lab allows students to explore concepts and quantify effects of ocean acidification. Many laboratory activities simplify ocean acidification through computer simulations or dripping acid on nonliving materials (e.g., sea shells) but do not provide...

...David C. Owens; Susanne Rafolt; Erin M. Arneson Although climate change garners the bulk of headlines, ocean acidification is an equally important issue that also results from our increasing consumption of fossil fuels. As atmospheric CO 2 dissolves into the ocean, the ocean’s pH decreases, making...

...Amanda L. Kelley; Paul R. Hanson; Stephanie A. Kelley Ocean acidification, a product of CO 2 absorption by the world’s oceans, is largely driven by the anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels and has already lowered the pH of marine ecosystems. Organisms with calcium carbonate shells and skeletons...