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So what if we are at the bottom of the food chain? LIFE IS SHORT! Let’s explore the ocean blue. Become significant. Feel the flow with PHYTOPLANKTON.
Go through the process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
Plants in water perform photosynthesis—meaning "putting light together"—just as plants do on land. Carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean is combined with water using the energy of sunlight by algae, kelp, and phytoplankton. The oxygen released in the process remains dissolved in the water to be "breathed" in by aquatic animals.
6CO2 + 6H2O + photon => C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light => Sugar + Oxygen
Energy from the sun is converted into chemical bond energy in sugar in the process of photosynthesis.
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Photosynthesis
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Isn't it getting crowded in there? Those cold dark depths below look so dull. Forget all those fish! Come soar up high with the clouds. Drift into the ATMOSPHERE!
Go through the process of DIFFUSION.
Carbon returns to the atmosphere in warm water regions around the tropics through a process called outgassing. As oceans are becoming warmer, more carbon is being released into the atmosphere.
Rate of Change in Concentration = Difference in Concentration Between Two Regions
Things move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration in the process of diffusion.
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Diffusion wikipedia.org/Diffusion_equation
You are Carbon in the Ocean
We're riding tides in this vast blue body, where carbon is plentiful and life is complex. The ocean can seem endless at time ... but, we remember we’re part of a larger cycle.
The oceans hold more than 90% of the earth's carbon that is not in long term storage in rock formations. As concentrations of carbon dioxide increase the oceans become less and less able to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
CO2 + H2O => H2CO3 => HCO3- + H+ => CO32- + 2H
Carbon Dioxide + Water => Carbonic Acid => Bicarbonate + Hydrogen Ion => Carbonate + Hydrogen Ions
Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Ocean
