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What happens when carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolves in seawater?(1 point)
Oceans are better able to support most sea life.
Ocean temperatures rise.
Ocean waters become more acidic.
Ocean levels rise.
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Ocean waters become more acidic.
When CO2 dissolves it forms carbonic acid (CO2 + H2O ⇌ H2CO3), which releases H+ ions and lowers seawater pH (ocean acidification).
When CO2 dissolves it forms carbonic acid (CO2 + H2O ⇌ H2CO3), which releases H+ ions and lowers seawater pH (ocean acidification).
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