Re:Airlines Embrace Pollution Plan That Could Cost Them $24B
by JoeAltmaier on Monday September 26, 2016 @12:33PM
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Almost all life in the ocean is in the top two meters. That's the part that would be most affected by air pollution. Its the part doing the 'diluting'.
Again, this is a case of "its not bothering me so its ok" ecology.
Re:Airlines Embrace Pollution Plan That Could Cost Them $24B
by Retric on Monday September 26, 2016 @12:54PM
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> Its the part doing the 'diluting'.
This is really far from true.
Acid rain is one of the primary issues with SOx pollution. It concentrates in rivers for example because the volume of rain water to overall water is very high. In the ocean new rain water never makes up a significant fraction of the top two meters of water.
PS: There is no need for gut reactions here, it's not hard to test for sulfur compounds.
Re:Airlines Embrace Pollution Plan That Could Cost Them $24B
by thesimpsons1022 on Monday September 26, 2016 @01:05PM
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what about ocean acidification that i keep hearing about?
Re:Airlines Embrace Pollution Plan That Could Cost Them $24B
by Retric on Monday September 26, 2016 @01:10PM
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This is mostly caused by CO2.
PS: First line "When carbon dioxide (CO2) is absorbed by seawater, chemical reactions occur that reduce seawater pH, carbonate ion concentration, and saturation states of biologically important calcium carbonate minerals." http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidificati...
Not a lot of stuff lives over the middle of the ocean or even under it past the continental shelf's. Further, the ocean really does dilute this stuff to a rather extreme degree. Granted, it's still an issue, but it's simply a smaller one than CO2.