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Atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolves into ocen surface waters

Atmospheric carbon dioxide dissolves into ocen surface waters-example-1
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Carbon dioxide, which is naturally in the atmosphere, dissolves into seawater. Water and carbon dioxide combine to form carbonic acid (H2CO3), a weak acid that breaks (or “dissociates”) into hydrogen ions (H+) and bicarbonate ions (HCO3-).

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