Analysis: ‘OCEAN ACIDIFICATION CLAIMS ARE MISLEADING – AND DELIBERATELY SO’
- carbon dioxide (CO2), dissolved in pure water, makes a weak, unstable acid, whilst the ocean water is a very stable buffer with a pH averaging around 8, which means it is alkaline;
- there isn’t enough CO2 in the atmosphere to make much difference to the ocean’s pH;
- the concentration of enough CO2 to significantly reduce the ocean’s pH will not come from the atmosphere;
