August 26, 2003 Hurricane Katrena devastated New Orleans. August 26, 2020 Hurricane Laura bears down on the Gulf Coast. What effect does atmospheric carbon dioxide have on the water cycle?

About 30 percent of the carbon dioxide that people have put into the atmosphere has diffused into the ocean through the direct chemical exchange. Dissolving carbon dioxide in the ocean creates carbonic acid, which increases the acidity of the water. Or rather, a slightly alkaline ocean becomes a little less alkaline.

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