acidification
noun/əˌsɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from French acidification, equivalent to acid + -ification.
1
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
- Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures and the effects of acidification whilst also being weakened by bad fishing practices, pollution, siltation and toxic algal blooms.2013 October 3, Roger Harrabin, “Health of oceans 'declining fast'”, in bbc.co.uk, retrieved 05 Oct 2013:
- Derived terms
- deacidification, hyperacidification, ocean acidification, reacidification, soil acidification
- Related terms
- acidify