Bio Ecology Question (global warming)?
There has been a significant increase in the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide over the past 150 years. The world’s oceans may be serving as a major “sink” for this excess carbon dioxide.
What could happen to the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide if the trend towards increasing global temperatures were to increase over the next 50-100 years. Consider what happens to a cold bottle or can of soda if it is left out on a table overnight.
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You shouldn't lazyweb your homework.
But, think about it.
Which fizzes more... a cold soda, or a warm one? (if you're not sure, try it--get 2 cans or bottles of soda, refrigerate one of them, then open both of them, and see which fizzes more)
The fizzing is the CO2 escaping.
What happens to your soda will happen, on a rather different scale, to the oceans.
The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide. This process is known as carbon sequestration. However, this process is limited and atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, which would at first decrease because the ocean absorbs it, would eventually come to a limit. Also, the water would warm up.
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