• potpotato@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    “lifting the calcium carbonate compensation depth”

    Wouldn’t increased CaCO3 dissolution increase pH? I’m surely misunderstanding you — presumptively there’s less compensation allowing more CO2 / carbonic acid?

    I’m out of my depth…

    • Welt@lazysoci.al
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      8 months ago

      It’s just more climate catastrophising. CaCO3 and H2CO3 form a buffer that would minimise the effects of acidification. The idea that all fish would die is dumb. Terrestrial plants produce oxygen by photosynthesis so oxygen won’t disappear from the atmosphere.