It kinda is the end of the world though. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves into the ocean, making it more acidic. When it reaches a certain point, marine life starts dying. Complex terrestrial life won’t last long without it.
Not today, maybe not even this century. But, eventually.
It does get stored once it’s in the ocean, by things like underwater plants, plankton, and coral, and the scenario you’ve laid out is not going to happen within our lifetime. We’ve been increasing carbon emissions for 100 years or more and acidity has only decreased 0.1 ph (7 is neutral and it’s gone from 8.11, to 8.05, so still basic)… Also some life forms don’t have as much of a problem with slightly more acidity.
All in all it’s slow enough that evolution will have some adaptive responses.
I think the heat will get us before the ocean gets too acidic. But I mean, it’s all doomerism isn’t it? Doomerism is a dime a dozen.
Eschatology is a popular trend. We just keep peeling that onion.
At no point in the geological record has atmospheric carbon increased this quickly. We do not know if the systems can adapt quickly enough. Just because it’s not going to happen in my lifetime does not mean it’s not going to happen.
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It kinda is the end of the world though. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere dissolves into the ocean, making it more acidic. When it reaches a certain point, marine life starts dying. Complex terrestrial life won’t last long without it.
Not today, maybe not even this century. But, eventually.
It does get stored once it’s in the ocean, by things like underwater plants, plankton, and coral, and the scenario you’ve laid out is not going to happen within our lifetime. We’ve been increasing carbon emissions for 100 years or more and acidity has only decreased 0.1 ph (7 is neutral and it’s gone from 8.11, to 8.05, so still basic)… Also some life forms don’t have as much of a problem with slightly more acidity.
All in all it’s slow enough that evolution will have some adaptive responses.
I think the heat will get us before the ocean gets too acidic. But I mean, it’s all doomerism isn’t it? Doomerism is a dime a dozen.
Eschatology is a popular trend. We just keep peeling that onion.
At no point in the geological record has atmospheric carbon increased this quickly. We do not know if the systems can adapt quickly enough. Just because it’s not going to happen in my lifetime does not mean it’s not going to happen.