The poem “Ocean Acidification” blends science and poetry to explore one of the challenges a high-CO2 world poses to the ocean and the species, ecosystems, and human communities that depend on it.
Author Samantha Jones’ PhD research on carbon cycling in the Canadian Arctic inspired this work, which first appeared in WATCH YOUR HEAD (online) in March 2021 at watchyourhead.ca/.
Samantha is currently a PhD Candidate in Geography at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
The Ocean Foundation, YouTube, 8 September 2021. Text and video.
