Ocean acidification due to carbon emissions is at highest for 300m years

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Post by anon1385 » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 9:31 PM UTC

Ocean acidification due to carbon emissions is at highest for 300m years
theguardian.com

Re: Ocean acidification due to carbon emissions is at highest for 300m years

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Post by NatW » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 9:55 PM UTC

some context: e.g: http://www.sciencebuzz.org/sites/default/files/images/OA_Gra...

more context: http://www.skepticalscience.com/pics/chart.png

..and a frightening projection: http://oceanacidification12.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/4/2/14422...

Re: Ocean acidification due to carbon emissions is at highest for 300m years

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Post by AsymetricCom » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 9:56 PM UTC

Kind of off-topic: if ocean temperatures are increasing, isn't this the same thing as the ocean having more potential energy? If energy generation from waves was increased substantially, would this cool the ocean or act as a dampener against the earth's rotation? Perhaps both?

Re: Ocean acidification due to carbon emissions is at highest for 300m years

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Post by whatshisface » Thu, Oct 03, 2013, 10:00 PM UTC

AsymetricCom wrote: post #3

Kind of off-topic: if ocean temperatures are increasing, isn't this the same thing as the ocean having more potential energy? If energy generation from waves was increased substantially, would this cool the ocean or act as a dampener against the earth's rotation? Perhaps both?

Heat, ocean waves and the earth's rotation are so many orders of magnitude apart in terms of frequency that a machine designed to dampen one could not possibly have an effect on the others.