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I don't know how much I buy the "the oceans are getting more acidic" line. The oceans are 3 orders of magnitude larger than the atmosphere, and CO2 makes up 380
by viggity 17y ago
I don't know how much I buy the "the oceans are getting more acidic" line. The oceans are 3 orders of magnitude larger than the atmosphere, and CO2 makes up 380 parts per MILLION in atmosphere.
oceans: 1.384 × 10^21 kg
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/AvijeetDut.shtml http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/AvijeetDut.shtml
atmosphere: 5 x 10^18 kg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth