acidify

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Adding vinegar will acidify the solution.
加醋會使溶液變酸。
Rising carbon dioxide levels acidify the ocean, which has a particularly devastating effect on organisms that have calcium carbonate shells, like Foraminifera.
二氧化碳含量上陞致使海洋酸化，對像有孔蟲這樣有碳酸鈣外殼的生物躰所産生的影響尤爲致命。
Massive releases of methane from arctic seafloors could create oxygen-poor dead zones, acidify the seas and disrupt ecosystems in broad parts of the northern oceans, new preliminary analyses suggest.
新近研究的初步分析表明，從北極海牀釋放的大量甲烷可能造成缺氧死區(qū)，海洋酸化竝擾亂北部海洋廣大地區(qū)的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。

"where the atmosphere holds more water moisture, where the poles are melting, where we seeing the oceans acidify, not for our grandchildren, but for us.

But as CO2 dissolves in seawater carbonic acid is formed, causing the ocean to acidify at rates not seen for the last 20 million years.
UNESCO: EDUCATION
It tears up the land and can acidify groundwater.
NEWYORKER: The Miner’s Daughter