While I don't doubt it to much, one would think
that would happen since there is more CO2 in the air ?.
Intuitive I would think.
As a scientist and technologist,
I'm disappointed that locations or method was not
mentioned. Volcanoes are on the rise and have been
for some time. The ring of fire is hot. Hawaii
is building another big island. And all of the
carbon and poison put up by the oil field fires
in the region of Iraq and Kuwait stole oxygen and
created CO2 among other gases and acids (sulfur).
Is it being measured world wide and in the various
streams that generate life in the world ? Or in
the central areas or coastal areas ?
If world wide then :
The reefs will begin to alter as well. Perhaps
more sink holes in the Gulf area and island
sinking in the pacific.
Or was this a Great Lakes project and a thesis projection
across the world. Wish we knew more facts.
In the Great Lakes there are many more boats/ships/square mile
and many of them dump exhaust into the water or near it.
Martin
Ross Mayhew wrote:
> This is of definite concern to anyone who collects or studies
> shell-bearing molluscs!! A recent study outlined below, found that the
> world's oceans are becoming more acidic at a rate about 10 times faster
> than most climate models are predicting. This is NOT good news....
>
> http://www.world-science.net/othernews/081126_acid
>
> Oceans acidifying much faster than was thought: study
>
> Nov. 26, 2008
> Courtesy University of Chicago
> and World Science staff
>
> The oceans are becoming more acidic, and much faster than previously
> thought, scientists say. The process, a possible threat to some
> ocean life, seems to be linked with rising levels of atmospheric
> gases that are blamed for global warming, according to the
> researchers.
>
> Oceanside rocks covered with mussels are one habitat that may be
> threatened by increasing ocean acidity, researchers say.
> (Credit: J.T. Wootton, U. Chicago).
> University of Chicago scientists detailed the new findings in a
> paper published online by the research journal Proceedings of the
> National Academy of Sciences Nov. 24. The study is based on 24,519
> measurements of ocean acidity spanning eight years.
>
> During that time, “the acidity increased more than 10 times faster”
> than climate change models and other studies had predicted, said
> the university’s J. Timothy Wootton, lead author of the study.
> “This increase will have a severe impact on marine food webs.”
>
> Wootton and colleagues said the process seems to be occuring in
> step with increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
> Carbon dioxide is a key “greenhouse gas,” a compound that
> researchers say acts as a large-scale blanket in the atmosphere,
> trapping heat on Earth and thus driving global warming.
>
> When the carbon dioxide dissolves in water it forms carbonic
> acid. Abnormally acidic water harms certain sea animals, the
> authors said. “Many sea creatures have shells or skeletons made of
> calcium carbonate, which the acid can dissolve,” said the
> university’s Catherine Pfister, a co-author of the study.
>
> They added that the acidity could reduce the ocean’s ability to soak
> up more carbon dioxide, a process which some have hoped would
> mitigate climate change.
>
> -Ross mayhew.
> http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/
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