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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by krona on Sunday December 08, 2019 @10:56AM (#21736486)
If this were a simple result of rising ocean temperatures on a global scale, wouldn't we expect oxygen levels in the atmosphere to increase? That doesn't seem to be happening (quite the opposite.) So, where is the oxygen?
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Re:Climate change and nutrient pollution are depleting oxyge... by jellicle on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:20AM (#21736618)
There isn't a lot of oxygen in water to start with, as solubility is low. If we somehow made the Earth's oceans completely oxygen-free, it wouldn't add noticeably to the amount of oxygen in the air.
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