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  • CO2 Science: The (Non-Threat) of Global Warming Against Coral Reefs

    10/10/2007 10:54:22 PM PDT · by Robert A Cook PE · 3 replies · 497+ views
    CO2 Science ^ | Volume 10, Number 34: 22 August 2007 | Sherwood, Keith and Craig Idso
    Following is a summary published on-line in CO2 Science website, refuting the exaggerated threat of global warming against the ocean's coral reefs. Supposedly, rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere will cause the CO2 to dissolve in the water, lowering the pH (causing it to turn from basic towards an acidic solution), thus dissolving/harming/killing/bleaching/destroying (depending on who is speaking) the wrold's coral reefs. ----------------- Marine Photosynthesis and Oceanic pH Volume 10, Number 34: 22 August 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on four theoretical constructs - a geochemical model, an ocean general-circulation model, an IPCC CO2 emissions scenario for the 21st century, and a...