Re:Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
by lazyjones on Saturday August 15, 2020 @04:57AM
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> I said it for effect and I stand by its use.
That's alarmism.
> The system has a preferred pH range and therefore can become acidic regardless of whether it's <7.
It's alkaline and will stay that way whether it sounds dramatic enough to you or not. What the preferred pH range is and how the complex system of the oceans works, we don't fully understand yet.
Re:Greenland ice has shrunk beyond return, study finds
by Johnjonjoan on Saturday August 15, 2020 @05:14AM
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It's hyperbole not alarmism and are you kidding? The ocean is currently acidifying at a rate 100x anything in the last 20 million years. Oceanography may be a relatively young science but we certainly know this kind of change is outside of what would be preferred.
The way I see it when talking about our oceans they are systems rather than a liquid. The system has a preferred pH range and therefore can become acidic regardless of whether it's <7.