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Excess CO2 in surface water causes algae and phytoplankton blooms that feeds back into sealife. The CO2 is not being released once the water warms. Rather the
by nashashmi 3y ago
Excess CO2 in surface water causes algae and phytoplankton blooms that feeds back into sealife. The CO2 is not being released once the water warms. Rather the waters are becoming more acidic and therefore "tastier".
- DoctorOetker 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate#Buffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate#Buffer The first paragraph is written as if it only applies to blood, but chemical equilibria are of course more general, as acknowledged in the second paragraph starting with "Crucially, a similar buffer operates in the oceans." Observe that the arrows for 1, 2 and 3 go both ways, and so represent reversible equilibrating reactions. Perhaps you would like sweet seawater instead of salty seawater, but obviously taste can not be argued. Facts however can.