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What is the impact of a release of geological carbon into the atmosphere?
What is the impact of a release of geological carbon into the atmosphere?
Ocean Acidification
(When carbon is stored in ocean, carbon dissolve, hence this decreases the PH level in water)
Increased carbon dioxide is turning sea more acidic and affecting marine life
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Stress --> Bleaching kills coral, e.g. Great Barrier Reefs
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Species such as crustaceans will be affected significantly
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Global Climate Change
Melting glaciers and ice sheets
Loss of sea ice threatens polar bears
Permafrost thawing in Siberia and Tibet
Sea level rise
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Increase temperature of the atmosphere and sea temperature, e.g. affecting ocean current movements of the Gulf Stream and will eventually shut down
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Impacts on Habitat
Too warm for salmon and trout
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Possible loss of rainforest, e.g. Amazon rainforest
Loss of unique natural vegetation in South Africa
Earlier arrival of migratory birds
Threats to polar bears (Alaska, Canada, Greenland) and might lead to a decline in penguins (Antartica)
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Due to increasing pollution, it contributes to greenhouse effect, as well as, causing acid rain
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Increase in carbonate ions
Increase pressure of carbon sinks
Weather
Increase in drought
Increase in wildfires
More destructive hurricanes and storms in areas such as the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean.
Areas that are drier than now include: Southern Africa, Australia, Brazil...
Areas that are wetter than now include: Sahel, Alaska, Greenland...
Increase in flash floods and floods, especially in low lying and costal areas