acidify

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Sulfides also acidify the water, which can accelerate weathering.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

The first step uses electricity to temporarily acidify the water, which encourages the removal of CO2.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2023

Together with one of her Ph.D. supervisors, JCU marine biologist Philip Munday, Dixson pioneered research into the effects on fish of rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere, which cause the oceans to acidify.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2022

Likewise, coral reefs that help support the fishing and tourism industries are dying off in record amounts as oceans warm and acidify.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2020

Separation of Nickel and Cobalt.—Dissolve the sulphides separated as above in nitric acid; render alkaline with a solution of potash, then acidify with acetic acid; add a concentrated solution of nitrite of potash.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius