acidify

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Sulfides also acidify the water, which can accelerate weathering.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

The first step uses electricity to temporarily acidify the water, which encourages the removal of CO2.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2023

It is a process in which beneficial bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms break down and acidify food, transforming and preserving it.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2022

Together with one of her Ph.D. supervisors, JCU marine biologist Philip Munday, Dixson pioneered research into the effects on fish of rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere, which cause the oceans to acidify.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 9, 2022

Boil off the gas, add ammonia until a precipitate is formed, and then acidify somewhat strongly with acetic acid.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius