Thursday, June 18, 2009

Carnegie Researchers Say Geotech Can't Cure Ocean Acidification

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 18, @01:34PM
from the take-it-with-a-ton-of-salt dept.
CarnegieScience writes"Plans to stop global warming by 'geoengineering' the planet by putting aerosols in the atmosphere to block sunlight are controversial, to say the least. Scientists are now pointing out that even if it keeps the planet cool, it will do almost nothing to stop another major problem — ocean acidification. The ocean will keep on absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (making carbonic acid) and the water's pH will get too low for corals and other marine life to secrete skeletons. So this is another strike against a quick fix of our climate problems."

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