Oceans turning acidic
"basskisser" wrote in message
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Notice the next to the last paragraph. No, that can't be true. Every
Republican that doesn't have an advanced science degree KNOWS that
global warming and greenhouse gas emissions aren't related, and are a
natural phenomenon anyway!
Expert Says Oceans Are Turning Acidic
By ANTHONY MITCHELL, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, November 9, 2006
The world's oceans are becoming more acidic, which poses a threat to
sea life and Earth's fragile food chain, a climate expert said
Thursday.
Oceans have already absorbed a third of the world's emissions of carbon
dioxide, one of the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming,
leading to acidification that prevents vital sea life from forming
properly.
So we should expect burning lungs for those who breathe out carbon dioxide.
How in the world does anyone believe this bunk. Your breath has twice as
much carbon dioxide as there is in the atmosphere/many times the amount that
is dissolved in the ocean. While there is a slight tendency for the carbon
dioxide molecule to attract an oxygen atom in water thus freeing up the
hydrogen atom to make an acid it's EXTREMELY weak.
We must remember that life evolved in high Carbon dioxide environments and
we can thrive in levels MUCH higher than exist today.
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