Promotion of Greater Awareness of the Connection between the Ocean and Our Atmosphere

The connection between the ocean and our atmosphere is vital to the growth on Earth. Each growth depends on each other, and if one changes, the other will too. If our atmosphere was contaminated with excessive amounts of CO₂, the life under the ocean would change greatly. Sea water with larger amounts of CO₂ would decrease in pH level thus creating a different environment for marine organisms to grow. With lower pH levels, sea urchins may not be able to grow their arms longer than usual their feeding system depends on the length of their arms, thus, it will grow slower, as a result of it's lower capability to feed themselves. As a result, animals that feed on sea urchins will also be affected with the depleting numbers of sea urchins. The food cycle would be vulnerable to change.

From this online experiment, I have now discovered the vitality of the connection between the ocean and our atmosphere. Life beneath the surface of the ocean will change if our atmosphere changes. Thus, with our continuation of emissions of CO₂, we will eventually be effected by this, since our food also comes from the ocean. Ultimately, we should lower our CO₂ emission considerably, in order to not only save marine life but also ourselves.