Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you analyze how acidic and basic conditions affect living organisms. Include the following items:

• Describe how the burning of fossil fuels leads to acid precipitation.
• Explain how increasing amounts of carbon dioxide dissolving in the ocean leads to ocean acidification.
• Describe how ocean acidification changes the pH and affects the carbonate ion concentration and the rate of calcification.
• Include any pertinent chemical reactions for the conditions discussed.
• Describe possible mitigating solutions to these situations.