Old Rocks
Diamond Member
Can you walk me through the "science"? Use small words
Explain how the CO2 is turning the oceans acidic
Okay!
The more CO2 you have in the atmosphere, the more CO2 you have dissolved in the waters in contact with the atmosphere.
CO2 + H2O ----> H2CO3 (AKA Carbonic Acid) ----> H+ + HCO3
the more H+ (free hydrogen ions) you have in a solution, the more acidic that solution becomes.
Currently, the oceans are about 30% more acidic than they were a century ago, and are considerably more acidic than they have been in at least 800,000 years and possibly more than they've been in the last 50 million years or more.
And all it takes is one molecule of CO2 to turn the oceans acidic?
Can you continue you train of thought?
What does it mean that "the oceans are about 30% more acidic than they were a century ago"? If the ocean pH is 8, where does a 30% more acidic change take us?
(I have several more questions, but it's best to do this in small doses because I'm a layman)
Frankie Boy, you have been shown what the scientists state many times on all aspects of this subject. All you do is come back with idiotic nonsense every time. Why should anybody waste their time on you?
You really want answers? Google