Define Ocean Acidification, Twitter: Social Media's Take on Seafood Impact

Ocean acidification – which is caused when excess amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) are released through burning oil, coal, and gas and are dissolved into the ocean – is often linked with concern for global warming in awareness advocates’ rhetoric platforms.

Although the actual effects and threats posed by ocean acidification are still hotly debated and refuted, many social media users use their Twitter accounts to promote education for issues concerning the protection of the ocean’s natural resources and ecology.

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Below are several statements from concerned Twitter users about ocean acidification’s impact on sea creatures and their natural environments:

1. This Twitter user is concerned about ocean acidification’s effects on shrimp:

#OceanAcidification means shrimp may not be able to camouflage themselves from predators. New @Scripps_Ocean study: http://t.co/NDzWgQQxWm

— Clare Leschin-Hoar (@c_leschin) June 1, 2015

2. This user is encouraged by how oysters can adapt to their environments:

@WellfleetSPAT oyster fest already recycles shell back to environment. This is local #adaptation that might help offset #oceanacidification

— sarah cooley (@co2ley) May 18, 2015

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3. This pessimistic user wonders if the world can ever recover from ocean acidification:

10 years destruction need millennia to recover for #MarineLife http://t.co/sR29wmqO6p #climatechange #conservation #ocean

— Riona Bray (@rionabray) April 4, 2015

4. This user maintains that ocean acidification has been going on for decades:

Since 1950, human activity led to most #globalwarming and #ocean #acidification mainly from burning #fossil #fuels: http://t.co/DNOQbD5dpU

— Terry Saad (@terrysaad) November 10, 2014

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