Environment & Ecology · Ocean Acidification & Marine Chemistry
When dissolved ocean methane oxidizes into carbon dioxide (CO2) and reacts with seawater, what is the primary environmental consequence?
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- 1It forms carbonic acid (H2CO3), lowering seawater pH and causing ocean acidification.✓
- 2It generates ground-level ozone that heavily pollutes the marine atmosphere.
- 3It produces concentrated sulfuric acid, drastically increasing the salinity of upper oceans.
- 4It creates hydrofluorocarbons that rapidly trap heat within deep marine environments.
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It forms carbonic acid (H2CO3), lowering seawater pH and causing ocean acidification.
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