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Definition of carbonic acid
: a weak dibasic acid H2CO3 known only in solution that reacts with bases to form carbonates
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Recent Examples on the Web Roots wrestled into the dirt, altering its chemistry and shuttling carbonic acid toward the sea.
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Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, "The World’s Oldest Forest Has 385-Million-Year-Old Tree Roots," 20 Dec. 2019 They had been exposed to carbonic acid, a byproduct of the battery production process that causes respiratory issues and skin and eye irritation.
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USA Today, "Worker injuries, 911 calls, housing crisis: Recruiting Tesla exacts a price," 12 Nov. 2019 The carbon dioxide that makes water bubbly turns into carbonic acid in the mouth and can be detrimental to your teeth's health.
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Kendall Trammell, CNN, "Can I get a hangover from White Claw? Asking for a friend," 7 Sep. 2019 That's because the carbon dioxide that turns water bubbly turns into carbonic acid in the mouth, which can be detrimental to the health of your teeth.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, "Want to live longer? You may want to ditch these drinks," 3 Sep. 2019 Carbon dioxide dissolved in water winds up forming carbonic acid.
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Chase Purdy, Quartz, "Warming oceans might actually be good news for the original sea monster," 15 June 2019 The Duna crew also cranks up the pressure on their keg system to carbonate this soda hard, which brings the persistent low hum of carbonic acid to the party.
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Ali Bouzari, San Francisco Chronicle, "Housemade: The silent science behind three signature dishes at Duna," 12 Apr. 2018 According to Google's Doodle Blog, the geochemist is best known for the eponymous Saruhashi's Table, a methodology for correctly measuring the concentration of carbonic acid in water using pH level, chlorinity, and temperature.
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Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, "Today's Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Japanese Scientist Katsuko Saruhashi," 22 Mar. 2018 Climate change, where heat-trapping carbon dioxide is emitted into the air by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels, ends up as excess carbonic acid absorbed into the ocean.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Coral reefs at severe risk as world's oceans become more acidic," 14 Mar. 2018
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