Ocean acidification in the Arctic Ocean Ocean acidification in the Arctic Ocean The Arctic ocean has experienced drastic change over the years due to global warming. It has been known that the Arctic ocean acidity levels have been increasing and at twice the rate compared to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. The loss of sea ice has been connected to a decrease in pH levels in the ocean water. Sea ice has experienced an extreme reduction over the past 30 years, forming a minimum area of 2.9×106 km at the end of the boreal summer of 2007, 47%, less than in 1980. Sea ice limits the
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