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The Fate of Carbon

Changes to the ocean environment affect the way carbon is cycled through the seas.

Aired 11/07/2017 | Expires 11/07/2025 | Rating TV-G

The Fate of Carbon

Changing Seas

The Fate of Carbon

Season 9 Episode 903 | 27m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

Changes to the ocean environment affect the way carbon is cycled through the seas.

For millennia, the exchange of CO2 between the oceans and atmosphere has been in balance. Now, with more anthropogenic carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere, the oceans are taking up more CO2 as well. This negatively impacts sensitive ecosystems through a process called ocean acidification, and scientists worry how changes to the ocean environment will affect the way carbon is cycled through the seas.

Aired 11/07/2017 | Expires 11/07/2025 | Rating TV-G

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Changing Seas is presented by your local public television station.

Major funding for this program was provided by the Batchelor Foundation, encouraging people to preserve and protect America’s underwater resources. Additional funding was provided by Diver’s Direct/Emocean Sports, inspiring the...

Changing Seas

The Fate of Carbon

Season 9 Episode 903 | 27m 13sVideo has Closed Captions

For millennia, the exchange of CO2 between the oceans and atmosphere has been in balance. Now, with more anthropogenic carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere, the oceans are taking up more CO2 as well. This negatively impacts sensitive ecosystems through a process called ocean acidification, and scientists worry how changes to the ocean environment will affect the way carbon is cycled through the seas.

Aired 11/07/2017 | Expires 11/07/2025 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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Changing Seas is presented by your local public television station.

Major funding for this program was provided by the Batchelor Foundation, encouraging people to preserve and protect America’s underwater resources. Additional funding was provided by Diver’s Direct/Emocean Sports, inspiring the...

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