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Biggest CO2 sink is the ocean. Increase CO2 content in ocean water and you produce carbonic acid. I'd assume that this is at least a contributor to ice melt. H
by stewartbutler 16y ago
Biggest CO2 sink is the ocean. Increase CO2 content in ocean water and you produce carbonic acid. I'd assume that this is at least a contributor to ice melt.
However, you could contend that many of the northern waters are similarly contaminated by acid produced from volcanic gas, such as in the Icelandic area.
Either way, I can't source any documented evidence either way at the moment. The problem is that if you stipulate that scientists are colluding to produce evidence in support of a theory, all evidence supporting or denying said theory must be assumed contaminated unless proven otherwise. I have no access to the data, nor could I rule out scientific misconduct in the data collection even if I had access.
- jonhendry 16y ago"Increase CO2 content in ocean water and you produce carbonic acid. I'd assume that this is at least a contributor to ice melt." And that applies to melting ice above water how, exactly? And I'm not sure why slightly acidic water would have an effect on ice, anyway. I mean, any more than the presence of salt.
- stewartbutler 16y agoMea culpa- I did not remember the document I read correctly. The carbonic acid references are usually a separate but related concern. As CO2 dissolves in water, it changes the pH balance, which is having a detrimental effect on sea life (esp. on the micro scale) in the area. This is more prevalent at the poles, due to CO2 more readily dissolving into cold water. http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/Science.aspx http://www.catlinarcticsurvey.com/Science.aspx