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re: "Scientists sound alarm over ocean acidification" [CO2 related]
Posted on 10/8/14 at 3:32 pm to NC_Tigah
Posted on 10/8/14 at 3:32 pm to NC_Tigah
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So, assuming a baseline pH of 8.2, most folks would presume ""a quarter"" to mean that pH is now 6.1.
To be fair, most folks don't understand Log scales.
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and that is assuming the baseline is even accurate.
The chemistry of carbonic acid formation is pretty well understood. Whether the increase in acidity is really a problem is a different question, but the acidity does increase with an increase in CO2 absorption.
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Posted on 10/8/14 at 3:39 pm to TK421
quote:That's why the f*cking scarepiece author wrote it the way he did.
To be fair, most folks don't understand Log scales.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 3:43 pm to TK421
quote:In vitro. Of course, in instance of the oceans, there is a contributory biologic equation.
The chemistry of carbonic acid formation is pretty well understood.
quote:and what happens to that oceanic CO2 as temperatures increase?
acidity does increase with an increase in CO2 absorption
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