Sick seas

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Emissions of carbon dioxide by humans into the atmosphere are absorbed into the seas, which make them more acidic, since more carbonic acid is produced when the excess carbon dioxide dissolves in water. Studies conducted to examine the effect of acidic seas, or low pH levels on marine life reveal that the acidified waters erode the carbonate skeletons that protect many marine organisms like sea urchins, snails, coccolithophores and deep-sea corals, which are not adapted to withstand lower pH.

Science & research, Industrial Gas Manufacturing, Industrial gases, Carbon Dioxide, Liquid, Research, Analysis, Environmental aspects, Ocean-atmosphere interaction, Hydrogen-ion concentration, pH, Liquid carbon dioxide

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US satellite system loses climatic sensors

Article Abstract:

The new design of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, atmospheric sensors that would fly on board a US military-civilian polar satellite system, will have fewer satellites and sensors. In June 2006, a defense review program temporarily removed three planned instruments in an effort to get the long-troubled project back on budget and schedule.

Process control instruments, Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables, United States, Guided missiles and space vehicles, Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing, Navigation Satellites, Pressure Sensors, Usage, Design and construction

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