My Investigation of climate change

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post today we are going to be talking about acidification along with climate change and how they affect our oceans. Also talking about other things.

ACIDIFICATION
Definition
Acidification is the process of acid being added to water.
Questions

What is happening to our oceans?

• The ocean absorbs the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but there is too much.
• So carbon dioxide affects sea life and how it grows.
• Sealife like shells, reefs and others are getting affected by the acid.

What does this do to shellfish?

• The acid affects the shells production cycle and it also affects the shape of the shell. 
• The shells are no longer allowed to reproduce due to the acidified waters.
• We won't be able to get fresh shells because there is too much-acidified water. 

HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACIDIFICATION OF OUR OCEANS?

Climate change contributes to acidification because the acid enters our water cycle and affects how the rain falls.

2 Images:

Credit: https://www.iucn.org/theme/marine-and-polar/our-work/climate-change-and-oceans/ocean-acidification

DEFORESTATION
Definition
Deforestation is the process of cutting trees.

Questions

What are trees used for?

• Trees are used for desks, pencils, chairs, and some buildings.
• It is also used to make cabinets, picture frames and doors.
• They are also used to suck up carbon dioxide and make oxygen.

HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE CLIMATE?

Deforestation affects the climate because when cutting trees carbon dioxide is released and the carbon dioxide then acts like a greenhouse gas that makes the climate warm. 

2 Images:

Credit: https://www.carbonbrief.org/deforestation-in-the-tropics-affects-climate-around-the-world-study-finds

Credit: https://www.livescience.com/27692-deforestation.html

ICECAP MELT 

Definition 

Icecap melting is the process of the ice in Antarctica melting. 

Questions

If all the ice melt what would happen?

• If the ice melt the sea levels will rise a large amount and the melted ice will cause flooding.
• If it melted the current of the sea would change and it could affect how the sea life migrates.
• It would also affect the way sea life lives if the icecap melts the melted ice will turn into freshwater and some of the living creatures of the sea will die from it.

HOW DOES ICECAP MELT AFFECT CLIMATE CHANGE?

It will affect our climate because there wouldn't be a lot of ice to make our world a bit colder. The rising sea level will flood some parts of the world and trees would be underwater and we wouldn't have any trees to suck up the carbon dioxide.