Brooke Lockett

Professor Shannon Giambanco

Eng 170

27 September 2023

Annotated Bibliography

How do major corporations influence dangerous carbon emissions, and how do they affect aspects of our ecosystems?

National research council, “Ocean Acidification: A national Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean.” National Academies Press, 14 October 2010, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/newpaltz-ebooks/detail.action?DocID=3440028. Accessed 14 September 2023.

The book “Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean” will directly provide supporting evidence for my piece, discussing chemical changes of acidification on development and physiology of marine life. Some of these changes include internal pH control, calcification, nutrient uptake, and metabolism (affecting acclimation). (Ch 3) Furthermore, it describes the impact of acidification on specific balances between marine ecosystems. This book also provides information about many ocean science committees dedicated to monitoring and researching impacts of acidification in order to develop programs aimed towards assisting ecosystems.

Licker, Rachel, Ekwurzel, Brenda, Sideris, Jean, Frumhoff, Peter, “Tracing Fossil Fuels Companies Contributions to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification.” Union of Concerned Scientists, 1 December 2019, https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep24076. Accessed 14 September 2023.

This report will be incredibly relevant to my piece as it contains evidence of who the major contributors to carbon emissions are, and which industrial activities are causing this threat.  It examines over 90 specific companies’ roles in global sea level, temperature, ocean pH, and atmospheric CO2 changes. The questions the study intends to answer is who is accountable, why do we need to hold them accountable, and how should they pay. Data from the 1750s cross-examined with data up to 2015 covers their main points, and I will be able to use the research as supporting claims.

National Research Council, “Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration.” National Academies Press, 17 July 2015, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/newpaltz-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3439795. Accessed 14 September 2023.

This book is a great source because it describes in-depth solutions to counteract the CO2 crisis. It’s beneficial to my writing because it provides realistic examples of these solutions, and discusses different factors which either limit or push the potential for removal. Some examples discussed are nuclear technology, afforestation/reforestation, carbon sequestration, engineered plant varieties, and overall land management techniques. The drawbacks and limitations of each example are considered as well. All possible solutions are also considered here on an economic, ethical, social, and political level.

Ollier, Clifford, “The Hoax of Ocean Acidification.” Quaestiones Geographicae Vol 38.3 (59-66) July 30 2019, ProQuest. Accessed 24 September 2023.

This scholarly journal will be used for my opposing argument, as the author tries to counteract evidence of the harm done to oceanic ecosystems by carbon dioxide. He shifts the view to how changes in carbonate chemistry are not actually factors of harm, but rather beneficial or don’t affect marine life at all. Examples of the benefits claimed to have come from current carbon levels include limestone production, photosynthesis, production of calcium carbonate shells/ coral skeletons. In my writing I will take his points and use data that opposes it to prove the severity of carbon emissions on marine life. His argument is weaker because he does not have much data to back up his claims, and they are built up around other small pieces of evidence.