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@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 1/11》Ocean warming has a nearly negligible effect on CO2 uptake, compared to the 20× greater (opposite) effect of rising atmospheric CO2 concentration.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 2/11》So-called "ocean acidification" is both a red herring, and a misnomer. The oceans are alkaline (caustic), everywhere. They are not acidic, anywhere, and ocean chemistry ensures that the oceans can never become acidic.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 3/11》Freshwater lakes and rivers are often slightly acidic, and so is rain, but never oceans.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 4/11》"Ocean acidification" is a red herring because the effect is both minuscule & benign. It's a misnomer because it doesn't even acidify the oceans according to any dictionary's definition of the word:

‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍ 𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝒗. To make or become acid.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 5/11》It's estimated that, as a consequence of 70 years of CO2 emissions, average ocean surface water pH has declined a measly and harmless 0.1 pH point.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 6/11》That estimate is from modeling, not measurements, because the trend is too slight and slow to measure with confidence, and because the tiny change is dwarfed by natural seasonal & diurnal pH variation, pH variation with depth, and even pH differences between ocean basins.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 7/11》What's more, so-called ocean acidification is confined almost entirely to the part of the ocean which is most caustic (alkaline): the surface layer. That means so-called "ocean acidification" really just reduces the extreme high end of ocean pH variation, slightly.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 8/11》The oceans contain about 50x as much CO2 as the atmosphere, and less than 1/3 of mankind's CO2 emissions have found their way into the oceans, so manmade CO2 dissolved into the oceans have a negligible effect, except on surface waters.)

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 9/11》What's more, through >98% of the Earth's history, atmospheric CO2 levels were far higher than they are now, and, in fact, far higher than we could ever raise them, by burning recoverable fossil fuels.

@PaulAtBillabong @Willard1951 @AristotleMrs @BarbaraGirouard @dan613 @BrknMan @S_D_Mannix @JohnDublin10 @EricWil06256732 @glinch72 @ammocrypta @NonlinearDarren @KCTaz @Climatehope2 @maria_harrison @Stephen90045069 @TWTThisIsNow @Ceist8 @Data79504085 @FChecker76 @flyonthewall182 @GregTruman4 @Jaisans @GregCoo85844909 @25_cycle @don85375 @ZSRenn @1tsakeeper @LizHersch1 @JustThi30117912 @gregchoat @Anvndarnamn5 @B_Bolshevik100 @NickMcGinley1 @RobMeekel @cieloyla @EthonRaptor @BradPKeyes @JSegor @Mark_A_Lunn @BridgetHolmstro @jwickers @0Sundance @PeterMayfitz @omahas @TonyBoloni8 @TheDisproof @DanCady @Keeper_86 10/11》During the lush Cretaceous, when complex life flourished, including aquatic life, atmospheric CO2 concentrations are believed to have averaged nearly four times the current level. During the equally lush Jurassic, CO2 levels were even higher.