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Your Family Can Help Limit Ocean and Coastal Acidification

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Even though ocean and coastal acidification may sound scary, there are simple steps you can take to reduce your contribution to the problem. Simple choices and small behavior changes add up over time and across communities. The first step is to get the facts and make sure your family and community are aware that this issue is real, measurable, and happening now. Anything that reduces energy consumption or increases energy efficiency is the right move because such actions ultimately help to reduce carbon emissions and pollution.

Follow these links to learn what you and your family can do to reduce your contribution to acidification:

  • Fight ocean acidification by reducing your carbon dioxide emissions at home, at the office, and on the road. 
  • Fight coastal acidification by limiting nutrient pollution at home, in your yard, and in your community. 

Are you unsure what steps to take at first or just want to learn about your household’s environmental footprint? Calculate your pollution footprints to see how you are doing:

  • Calculate your carbon footprint
  • Calculate your nitrogen footprint

Ocean Acidification

  • Learn about Ocean and Coastal Acidification
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    • An Introduction to Ocean and Coastal Acidification
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Contact Us About Ocean and Coastal Acidification to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on November 25, 2024
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