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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Changing Ocean Chemistry
Marine Pollution – Monitoring, Management and Mitigation, pp.247-259
Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment, Springer Nature Switzerland, First Edition
05/2023
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Abstract
“They call it life, we call it pollution” is an infamous quote which ignores many facts about why carbon dioxideCarbon dioxide (CO2) poses a significant problem for the ocean. But before we get to this, let’s start at the beginning. All organisms on Earth require a particular set of elements for growth. In the case of plants, these elements are needed to synthesise organic matter in a process called primary production via photosynthesisPhotosynthesis, and in the case of animals, these elements are directly assimilated by either consuming plant material or by preying on other animals. In this respect, one of the key elements is carbon. Being the molecular backbone for a number of vital organic compounds such as sugars, proteins and nucleic acids (containing genetic information), carbon can be considered as the building block of life.
Details
- Title
- Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Changing Ocean Chemistry
- Creators
- Kai G Schulz - Southern Cross UniversityDamien T Maher - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Amanda Reichelt-Brushett (Editor) - Southern Cross University, Science
- Publication Details
- Marine Pollution – Monitoring, Management and Mitigation, pp.247-259
- Series
- Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Edition
- First Edition
- Identifiers
- 991013120981102368
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Author(s). Open Access: This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter