New paper debunks "acidification" scare, finds warming incre

[scpg02]

New paper debunks "acidification" scare, finds warming increases pH

A paper published today in Climate of the Past reconstructs water pH and temperature from a lake in central Japan over the past 280,000 years and clearly shows that pH increases [becomes more basic or alkaline] due to warmer temperatures, and vice-versa, becomes more acidic [or "acidified" if you prefer] due to cooling temperatures. This finding is the opposite of the false assumptions behind the "ocean acidification" scare, but is compatible with the basic chemistry of Henry's Law and outgassing of CO2 from the oceans with warming.

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hockeyschtick.blogspot.com.au/2014/10/new-paper-debunks-acidification-scare.html

[nautonnier]

becomes more acidic [or "acidified" if you prefer

Actually what should be said is the ocean becomes less caustic.

[sigurdur]

It is pretty hard to be an acid with a PH over 7.5

"In chemistry, pH (/pi? e?t?/ or /pi? he?t?/) is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH very close to 7."

[scpg02]

I keep telling people that the oceans are not turning acid but that they have neutralized slightly. Most don't get it. They argue with me. The oceans are base, they will always be base.

[sigurdur]

Hard to deal with op-ed experts.