Martin:
     Sorry i don't have access to the original publication (does anyone
on the list?).  However, as stated in the summary article quoted, the
study is a worldwide one, relating to the "world ocean" - many
measurements were taken all around the world.  The point of their
conclusion was not that acidification was occuring - as you note, that
is to be expected since the CO2 content of the world's atmosphere is
still rising at a rapid pace (due to man-made emission sources because
of the burning of vast amounts of fossil hydrocarbons, QUITE dwarfing
such things as volcanoes, whose emissions have not increased much over
the past 100 years).  The authors' main conclusion was that the rate of
increase in oceanic acidification was about 10 times faster than has
been forcast by most climate scientists' models - indication that these
models, which have been criticized as being too "alarmist", are in fact
far too conservative in their predictions.  Reefs worldwide are also in
grave danger: by late in this century, most of them may be mostly dead.

-Ross Mayhew.
"Martin H. Eastburn" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date:
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:48:33 -0600


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

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