>> I thought that after the Congressional hearing a few weeks back that Ocean Acidification through Man-Made Atmospheric CO2 was the new cause celebre. <<
Despite the fact that Ocean life Thrived even between the Triassic and the Cretaceous when the CO2 levels were far higher than they will be today or even in 1,000 years of more coal burning.
No the Oceans will become to acidic for critters to form shells and everything will die, yeah if that were the case we would have no Cretaceous ocean fossils of shelled animals like clams and Bivalves. Bunch of Junk science hooey...
But.....but.....but....Lubchenco had water and vinegar and dry ice and demonstrations and all sorts of other good stuff to prove her point.
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