Acidification of the ocean will, in time, threaten the very existence of the Great Barrier Reef.
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Acidification
//əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "acidification" (11 found)
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3 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- подкисляване noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Catalan
1 entries- acidificació noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 酸化 noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Dutch
1 entries- verzuring noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Finnish
2 entries- happamoittaminen noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- happamoituminen noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
French
1 entries- acidification noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
German
4 entries- Ansäuerung noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- Azidifikation noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- Säuern noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- Säuerung noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Greek
1 entries- οξίνιση noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Interlingua
1 entries- acidification noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Italian
1 entries- acidificazione noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Japanese
1 entries- 酸性化 noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Māori
2 entries- whakakawatanga noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- whakawaikawatanga noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Portuguese
1 entries- acidificação noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Romanian
1 entries- acidificare noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Russian
3 entries- кислова́ние noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- окисле́ние noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- подкисле́ние noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Spanish
1 entries- acidificación noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Swedish
2 entries- försurning noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
- syrning noun (the act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Climate change and ocean acidification can result in mass coral bleaching events, increased susceptibility to disease, slower growth and reproductive rates, and degraded reef structure.
Source: tatoeba (6684626)
Increased greenhouse gases from human activities result in climate change and ocean acidification.
Source: tatoeba (6684665)
Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Source: tatoeba (6684667)
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