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Oceans will get more acidic

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GregLocock

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One of the persistent tropes is that oceans are getting more acidic due to higher levels of atmospheric CO2 (they start pretty alkaline so this in itself is a curious choice of language). This will be devastating for marine life, such as fish and shellfish. However...

paleo-co2-levels-evolution_hyomy1.png


So almost all major animal types initially evolved when CO2 ppm was vastly higher than today.



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One would think that increasing sea temps would reduced dissolved gasses and lower the acidity if CO2 were a contributing factor.

On a side note, alkalinity is very destructive to the lipids that form cellular membranes.
 
The oceans likely have to get a lot hotter for that to occur in any significant fashion. Catch the following:


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