Question

Having an imbalance of carbon flux into the atmosphere compared to the flux leaving has wide reaching effects through climate change.

What is a consequence of too much carbon in water reservoirs?​​​​​​​

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Responses

Extra carbon causes the water to reflect more heat, making the ocean too cold for some animal eggs to hatch.
Extra carbon causes the water to reflect more heat, making the ocean too cold for some animal eggs to hatch.

If the carbon content in water is too high, it causes the water to become too oxygen rich and chokes out aquatic plants.
If the carbon content in water is too high, it causes the water to become too oxygen rich and chokes out aquatic plants.

Too much carbon in water forms carbonic acid, ‘stealing’ the components aquatic creatures need to form shells like snails or clams.
Too much carbon in water forms carbonic acid, ‘stealing’ the components aquatic creatures need to form shells like snails or clams.
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Answer 1

Too much carbon in water forms carbonic acid, which lowers pH and reduces available carbonate ions that shell-building organisms (snails, clams, corals) need to make shells and skeletons.