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for many elements and compounds causing profound impacts on marine ecosystems. Furthermore, the solubility of CO₂ is temperature dependent; elevated surface water temperatures reduce CO₂ solubility. A continual rise in atmospheric partial pressure of CO₂ could potentially convert the ocean from acting as sink (the vertical transport of carbon to the depths of the ocean) to becoming a source (CO₂ degassing from the ocean), further increasing global temperatures.