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Ocean acidity is already to the point that entire ecosystems down there are threatened. It's not if, it's when, unless we stop pushing the biosphere toward the
by Kye 2y ago
Ocean acidity is already to the point that entire ecosystems down there are threatened. It's not if, it's when, unless we stop pushing the biosphere toward the brink.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_acidification
Humanity can't continue on if the oceans die.
- pfdietz 2y agoThese arguments go from "these aspects of natural ecosystems are threatened" to "humanity will die" with remarkable agility. Also, the (very) deep ocean being talked about is already naturally acid, from oxidation of falling organic matter pumping CO2 downward. There is a depth, the carbonate compensation depth, below which carbonate dissolves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate_compensation_depth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate_compensation_depth The dissolution of carbonate is part of the reason those metallic deposits are available to be mined, rather than buried in calcareous sediments.
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