Question

between the years of 1988 and 2019 the ph of our ocean has only? A. increased by 0.25 ph units B. decreased by 20 ph units C. decreased by 0.05 ph units D. decreased by 0.5 ph units

Answer 1

According to Smithsonian Ocean, the pH of the ocean has decreased from 8.2 to 8.1 within this time frame, this acidification of the oceans is mostly due to human activities, therefore the answer for our question will be a decrease by 0.05 pH, letter C