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Ocean acidification involves a shift towards pH-neutral conditions rather than a transition to acidic conditions.

• lazyjones 6y ago
  I was referring to "making the ocean acidic". If you meant to write "making the ocean more acidic", you should have done so! But then it won't sound like we're turning it into acid soup.
  • Johnjonjoan 6y ago
    As far as many marine organisms are concerned we are doing just that though. I said it for effect and I stand by its use. The way I see it when talking about our oceans they are systems rather than a liquid. The system has a preferred pH range and therefore can become acidic regardless of whether it's <7.
    • lazyjones 6y ago
      > I said it for effect and I stand by its use. That's alarmism. > The system has a preferred pH range and therefore can become acidic regardless of whether it's <7. It's alkaline and will stay that way whether it sounds dramatic enough to you or not. What the preferred pH range is and how the complex system of the oceans works, we don't fully understand yet.
      • Johnjonjoan 6y ago
        It's hyperbole not alarmism and are you kidding? The ocean is currently acidifying at a rate 100x anything in the last 20 million years. Oceanography may be a relatively young science but we certainly know this kind of change is outside of what would be preferred.