Grist | Ocean acidification explained in two minutes @Grist | Uploaded March 2015 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
The climate is changing, sure, but things are changing underwater, too. A quarter of the greenhouse gases we emit are absorbed by the oceans, changing their fundamental chemistry and causing all sorts of problems for the things that live down there. Which ends up causing problems for the couple billion of us who rely on the oceans for food and livelihood (and the not-to-be-discounted wow-factor — that shit is beautiful).
Sources:
un.org/en/sustainablefuture/pdf/Rio+20_FS_Oceans.pdf
pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Ocean+Acidification
pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/A+primer+on+pH
Credits:
research + script: Amelia Urry
production: Daniel Penner
asst. production: Ana Sofia Knauf
animation: Amelia Bates
music: "New Old Toys" & "Low Jack" by Podington Bear
podingtonbear.com – creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
sound effects: "short bubbles" by Robinhood76
freesound.org – creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
#oceanacidification #climatechange #explainer
The climate is changing, sure, but things are changing underwater, too. A quarter of the greenhouse gases we emit are absorbed by the oceans, changing their fundamental chemistry and causing all sorts of problems for the things that live down there. Which ends up causing problems for the couple billion of us who rely on the oceans for food and livelihood (and the not-to-be-discounted wow-factor — that shit is beautiful).
Sources:
un.org/en/sustainablefuture/pdf/Rio+20_FS_Oceans.pdf
pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Ocean+Acidification
pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/A+primer+on+pH
Credits:
research + script: Amelia Urry
production: Daniel Penner
asst. production: Ana Sofia Knauf
animation: Amelia Bates
music: "New Old Toys" & "Low Jack" by Podington Bear
podingtonbear.com – creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
sound effects: "short bubbles" by Robinhood76
freesound.org – creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0
#oceanacidification #climatechange #explainer
