top | item 32063041 (no title) miltondts | 3 years ago Does anyone have references for these claims? Particularly:> pH will drop to pH7.95 by 2045, and most marine life in our oceans dissolve. discuss order hn newest geoalchimista|3 years ago pH could drop to 7.95 by mid-century, according to the latest projections: https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3439/2020/.The second part of the sentence seems fictional. I don't think there is any support of that from a basic understanding of carbonate chemistry. miltondts|3 years ago Found something that could in fact trigger mass extinction due to acidification [0,1], however not on the stated timeline.[0] - https://phys.org/news/2022-05-diatoms-threat-decline-due-oce...[1] - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3
geoalchimista|3 years ago pH could drop to 7.95 by mid-century, according to the latest projections: https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/17/3439/2020/.The second part of the sentence seems fictional. I don't think there is any support of that from a basic understanding of carbonate chemistry. miltondts|3 years ago Found something that could in fact trigger mass extinction due to acidification [0,1], however not on the stated timeline.[0] - https://phys.org/news/2022-05-diatoms-threat-decline-due-oce...[1] - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3
miltondts|3 years ago Found something that could in fact trigger mass extinction due to acidification [0,1], however not on the stated timeline.[0] - https://phys.org/news/2022-05-diatoms-threat-decline-due-oce...[1] - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3
geoalchimista|3 years ago
The second part of the sentence seems fictional. I don't think there is any support of that from a basic understanding of carbonate chemistry.
miltondts|3 years ago
[0] - https://phys.org/news/2022-05-diatoms-threat-decline-due-oce...
[1] - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-31128-3