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The oceans are huge, but we've already managed to decrease pH by 0.1 in the past century. A pessimistic but plausible scenario has ocean pH decreasing by an ad
by scarmig 13y ago
The oceans are huge, but we've already managed to decrease pH by 0.1 in the past century.
A pessimistic but plausible scenario has ocean pH decreasing by an additional 0.7-0.8 by 2300.
That's pretty fast. It's hard to predict how and how fast coral might adapt, but those are short time scales to expect evolution to act on.
- ble 13y agoPardon the profanity, but fuck! On a logarithmic scale, a decrease of 0.1 on the pH is a 25% increase in H+ concentration... ... and a decrease of 0.7 is a 500% increase in H+ concentration. That sounds apocalyptic, at least for ocean ecosystems. Warming and acidification are increasing jellyfish blooms, right? Do you know any good recipes for grilled jellyfish?