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Environment & Energy

RobertEarl

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Reply to caraher (Reply #10)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 10:39 PM

Jul 2012

I don't know why i never think of wikipedia!

So seawater is alkaline. Found out the other day that cesium is alkaline. And very reactive with water, iirc.

Humans do better on alkaline water and i imagine most sea creatures do to. Those that thrive on more acidic will adapt better than those that don't. I know of a study on FW trout that found a pH that was very acidic caused aluminum to stick to gills thereby reducing oxygen intake.

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Ocean Acidification Is Climate Change's 'Equally Evil Twin,' NOAA Chief Says [View all] kristopher Jul 2012 OP

We are talking about pH here RobertEarl Jul 2012 #1

What's your point? The Doctor. Jul 2012 #3

Temps go up pH goes down, I wrote RobertEarl Jul 2012 #5

You're not the sharpest bulb on the chandelier, are ya? The Doctor. Jul 2012 #33

Hey Doc RobertEarl Jul 2012 #34

Yeah, pretty much what I figured. The Doctor. Jul 2012 #35

The oceans are heating at a rate of 190k 1GW nuclear power plants... joshcryer Jul 2012 #7

Ummmm RobertEarl Jul 2012 #8

Oops, my bad. I phrased that inaccurately. Here's Wikipedia's page: joshcryer Jul 2012 #9

Wikipedia says 7.5 to 8.4 for the pH of seawater <nt> caraher Jul 2012 #10

Thanks RobertEarl Jul 2012 #11

Which is why there are warm, basic pools in the southwest XemaSab Jul 2012 #24

We're in very deep shit. The Doctor. Jul 2012 #2

All of us here have lived to see the beginning of the catastrophe. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #4

Yep. joshcryer Jul 2012 #6

Acidification is increasing at ten times the rate that preceded the Paleocene-Eocene mass extinction GliderGuider Jul 2012 #12

And to think, much of it could have been prevented. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #13

We had plenty of warning, but GliderGuider Jul 2012 #14

What you see is what you get pscot Jul 2012 #15

"Party on Wayne!" GliderGuider Jul 2012 #16

I think maybe limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #19

Try 50 years ago dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #26

"Could" it have been prevented? The Doctor. Jul 2012 #36

Hmm. My answer is a resounding and absolute "No". GliderGuider Jul 2012 #38

You are confusing 'possible' with 'probable'. The Doctor. Jul 2012 #39

Actually, the reason why it was not prevented is very simple. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #40

Haven't we seen this before? RobertEarl Jul 2012 #41

There's also this possibility GliderGuider Jul 2012 #42

Are we ever going to really talk about world population? Gregorian Jul 2012 #17

No one is stopping you. What do you want to say? kristopher Jul 2012 #18

It's pretty obvious. Gregorian Jul 2012 #29

I was actually wanting to hear where you go from there kristopher Jul 2012 #30

Don't worry, the population will be finding itself savagely reduced soon enough. The Doctor. Jul 2012 #37

Get real RobertEarl Jul 2012 #20

If we all lived like the people in India did... GliderGuider Jul 2012 #21

Can't blame Indians RobertEarl Jul 2012 #22

To expand on that idea a bit more GliderGuider Jul 2012 #23

Just picking up on one phrase there ... Nihil Jul 2012 #25

Yes, you've put your finger on the problem. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #27

There was a documentary made about this problem NickB79 Jul 2012 #31

Don't be disingenuous, we're talking about modern living here. Gregorian Jul 2012 #28

disingenuous? RobertEarl Jul 2012 #32