>>>warmer temperatures have been found to DRIVE CO2 levels , not the other way around!
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>>>Exactly.
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>>>I had to laugh at the latest scare tactic they are trying to pedal, that the oceans are becoming acidic, and are effecting shell fish growth.
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>>>The oceans are alkaline, you can check it yourself with a simple litmus paper test.
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>>>It should be noted that in areas of low tidal flushing and high shell fish growth a drop in the alkalinity can happen due to the simple fact that shellfish metabilize the calcium out of the water.
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>>>The factor that brings everything into perspective is the fact that CO2 comprises 0.038% of the atmosphere, whereas water can be as high as 4% at sealevel.
>>>Just check the specific heats of water (4.2Kj/Kg) and that of CO2 (0.9Kj/Kg) and you will start to see that CO2 would have the job ahead of it to cause a forcing, then when you take the latent heat of vaporization of water (2260Kj/Kg) and the latent heat of fusion of water (334Kj/Kg) into account, CO2 isn't in the race.
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>>I seem to remember from school science that acidity is measured on a scale. (PH from 1 to 14?) It is not a binary state, one or the other. So even if oceans are alkaline, if they are becoming less so then that may be significant.
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>I thought you would come back with that, you fell for the trap.
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>I think you had better look up the basic chemistry involved in what comprises the shells of shell fish and coral reefs.
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>What no comment about the basic thermo, I'd like to see you discredit that.

Maybe I did fall in a trap, then.

I am in no way qualified to discredit the thermo, basic or otherwise. I am not a scientist. When most scientists seem to be on one side of an issue, that gets my attention.

I have a strong suspicion you are a scientist in one way or another. For this reason I always read your posts, even when they seem to contradict what I thought was agreed upon.