Posted on 12/14/2007 8:41:13 AM PST by cogitator
To clarify; the critiques of the IPCC report do not address the fact of ocean acidification. The IPCC is more concerned about climate change and global temperature. If the report mentions ocean acidification at all, it’s only peripherally.
O.K. Thanks for confirming that you have drank deeply from the Global Warming Kool-Aid.
I look forward to your zotting.
What is a chemical buffer?
Isn’t the Great Reef something like 500,000 years old.
I read another study that said that farm runoff was responsible for the death of the coral beds.
If you have visited coral reefs over the years you cannot help but notice the deterioration. I have my doubts about the relative vulnerability of reefs to slight temperature or acidity variations. I suspect the combination of nitrogen runoff pollution that creates algae carpets to grow over the reefs and overfishing of the species that normally keep algae at bay is the major factor. Coral reefs need nutrient-poor seas or they get outcompeted by algae. We need to stop dumping fertilizer into the oceans.
You can start by using the 300 acres of old coral reef in my back yard, at 4,000’ elevation.
Corals are some of the oldest critters still around, despite multi-hundred foot fluctuations of sea level; several degrees fluctuation up & down of sea temperatures, and MUCH HIGHER CO^2 concentrations during some eras.
Not only do the enviroes try to maintain that our climate is “optimum” and should be stabilized; they say the same about cliff erosion, beach formation; barrier islands, and every other aspect of nature that is in a constant state of flux and change.
They are worshipers of Darwinian evolution, but expect it to stop, now that it has reached the highest state of creation: THEM, and their pet areas.
Some of us Freepers have saltwater aquariums with coral in our homes. We know how difficult it can be to provide the right conditions for their health and growth.
Algae is the one thing that almost destroyed my corals and it has been a constant battle. Keeping a nutrient-poor environment for the corals is rather difficult, when you are also trying to maintain a healthy fish population.
Salt is a chemical buffer, so minor variations of acidity is not possible with seawater.
Locally man made ocean acidification is possible but if you consider the amount of ocean water (about 3.612 x 10²º gallons of sea water in the ocean)then I am no scientist but I strongly suspect the amount of man made carbon dioxide needed to change the ocean is way above what is currently being produced.
There should be a chemist on Free Republic who can do the calculations.
What is lime? Is that not the deposits from an ocean?
Amazing how lime will neutralize acidity.
Someone needs to review their high school chemistry.
Please review "buffers" and "weak acids"
“So how exactly do we save the coral reefs from the natural cycle of warming that follows the previous cycle of cooling? What is their plan to stop the Earth from recovering from the last Ice Age?
How arrogant to think that in the four billion year history of this planet, with its wide range of high and low temperatures, the Earth’s natural, optimal temperature just happens to be the one they’re experiencing right now...and that they are powerful enough to change it by simply using different light bulbs.”
Ding ! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!
Your post is right on! Excellent points!
They survived the last global warming “crises” didn’t they?
Wow, that video is amazing!
So you can actually mine the coral deposits? Are any hard enough to be the kind that they are decrying a loss in the Jewelry industry? The colors that can be polished up?
SD as in South Dakota, Yes? Guess the Indians got the coral from somewhere other than the South Pacific. Sounds like you have some interesting resources. Enjoy!
Regards,
Bonehead.
No. The Oceans are saturated and always have been.
It is rather well done. Share this with as many people as you can. We've got to enlighten people who are being constantly propagandized by the media. Global warming/climate change is a complete scam with no scientific basis! It is being used by politicians and UN bureaucrats to fill their coffers with our money.
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