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The Ocean Is Struggling to Breathe, Too
- pstuart 6y agoThis is going to be a big, and horribly unsatisfying "I told you so!"
- rriepe 6y agoOr it ends up here: https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyp...
- sneak 6y agoWhat an utterly tone-deaf and tasteless headline.
- optimalsolver 6y agoNot sure why you're being voted down. That's one of the most facepalm-inducing headlines I've ever seen on here.
- troughway 6y agoYou're not allowed to ask about downvotes on HN.
- multiplegeorges 6y agoThe oceans have acted like an enormous damper on our terrible actions. From absorbing run off leading to hypoxia, sinking plastic to the bottom, and dissolving our excees C02 into the water, the oceans have saved us from the consequences of our actions. This is going to change at some point. When it does, things will happen quickly and it won't go well for us.
- panny 6y ago>This is going to change at some point. When it does, things will happen quickly and it won't go well for us. No one with any scientific background would make this claim. Le Chatelier's principle has the opposite effect. Equilibrium changes slowly. If it ever becomes "too bad" it will be almost impossible to reverse in your lifetime. In an entire century, surface pH of the ocean has dropped by about 0.1 unit from 8.2 to 8.1. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/climatescience/oceansicerocks/oceanchemistry.html https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/climatescience/oceansicer...
- SECProto 6y ago> In an entire century, surface pH of the ocean has dropped by about 0.1 unit from 8.2 to 8.1. pH is a particularly bad one to use as an example - once the buffering capacity is used up, the pH will change very suddenly (see this[1] random image result to show the curve from a standard titration). [1] https://blog.opticontrols.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Titration-Curve.png https://blog.opticontrols.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Tit...
- SilasX 6y ago>If it ever becomes "too bad" it will be almost impossible to reverse in your lifetime. Which is supposed to be reassuring?
- totetsu 6y agoThis is the cause of jellyfish population explosions too. https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth103/node/693 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth103/node/693