Sodium polyacrylate is made by first neutralizing acrylic acid with sodium hydroxide, then using aqueous catalytic solution polymerization to form the polymer. Alternatively, acrylate polymers such as ...

Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ocean off ...

As carbon emissions make the ocean more acidic, can a human intervention return the seas to a more alkaline state? Last August 2025, researchers with a federal permit set out to test that question by ...