ARCH7130: Brian Park

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massachusetts bay

lower bay cheasapeake bay

-0.1 pH over 40 years = 30% increase

galveston bay chandeleur sound

palm coast

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Mississippi river

tampa bay

our arable lands are being depleted due to increasing acidity of our waterways and insufficient replenishment of minerals critical to sustainaing our riparian, prairie, amphibian, mollusk, and aquatic species

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how does this affect our aquatic and terrestrial species?

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