Recent Examples on the WebCoffee grounds and pine needles don’t acidify soil significantly more than other organic matter. Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2022 The report said that climate change continues to warm and acidify the ocean, and several marine heat waves on the Great Barrier Reef, along the country’s northeast coast, were accompanied by significant coral bleaching events.New York Times, 19 July 2022 On the west side of the Cascades, pH greater than 7.0 is uncommon, so gardeners typically only acidify their soil for growing acid-loving plants like rhododendrons and blueberries.oregonlive, 26 July 2021 As higher concentrations of carbon dioxide build up in the ocean and the waters acidify, greater damage is occurring to marine ecosystems, including the reduction of biodiversity in coral reefs and the hampering of animals’ metabolisms. Doris Elin Urrutia, Scientific American, 27 Nov. 2020 This caused waters to acidify to the point that organisms like corals would have dissolved, explained Hana Jurikova, a biogeochemist at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland who led the study.New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020 One group of those early colonists begins to acidify the starter. Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020 One group of those early colonists begins to acidify the starter. Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020 One group of those early colonists begins to acidify the starter. Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French acidifier, from acideacid entry 1 + -ifier-ify