[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Ocean Acidification ....the new SCARE>>>>

Got to keep that carbon tax revenue coming in...!!!!!

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The Ocean Is Not Getting Acidified

[VeniVidiVici]

Well I guess they have to destroy the reef and block off that CO2 from escaping so the planet won’t die.

[ApplegateRanch]

I have never had an econut be able to explain to me how the ocean can become acidified by carbonic acid, when there is so much calcium carbonate available to react with/neutralize to it to calcium bicarbonate.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

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[supercat]

According to what I've read, the determining factor for the formation or dissolution of coral reefs is not the concentration of H+ ions relative to OH- ions, but rather the concentration of H+ ions relative to CO3-- ions. Reducing the pH of water will increase the former ratio and would generally increase the latter, but dissolving CO2 in water will increase the former ratio (and reduce pH) while reducing the latter ratio, thus encouraging the formation rather than dissolution of coral reefs.