Space-time ph variability in the Black Sea
Journal: Доклады Академии наук
Year: 2019

Based on the archival data for the period from 1956 to 2010, space-time pH changes in the Black Sea upper layer are analyzed. In the surface layer, a statistically significant decreasing in the pH value (at a level of -0.06 pH units per 50 years) was found. It is mostly due to the growing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Intermediate layers are characterized by a negative pH trend which absolute value more than fivefold exceeds the surface pH trend. Likely reason of the pH dec