No comments on this explanation of global warming? Well known or too silly to comment upon?
...and if you're bored, check this out re: Ocean Acidification.
Richard Bellerby of the Bjerknes Centre spoke on ?Ocean Acidification, Ecosystem Implications and Climate Feedback in a Changing Arctic Ocean.? Dr. Bellerby addressed the high latitude acidification of the ocean. Certain calcifiers play a prominent role in the food web, and as CO2 increases, the pH and CO3 concentrations fall. Calcium is constant, so the CO2 depends on the CO3. The colder waters in the north have a reduced alkalinity and reduced buffering capacity. The pH reduction in the Arctic is significant. The natural variability over the past 150 years is small, and we are now moving toward dissolution. Some organisms will have trouble surviving with reduced calcification. With increased CO2, calcification decreases. The increase in biological uptake of CO2 has reduced. Certain fish are affected by a reduced pH, and with increased carbon they don?t get enough nutrients. Ocean pH will decrease further and the rate has not been seen in over 55 million years. The Arctic will undergo the greatest global reduction in pH in the past century. Some organisms may experience acidification shock and prominent marine calcifiers will likely not survive the century. Acidification may have consequences for fisheries through changes in plankton diversity, nutrient flows, and destruction of coral reef nurseries.
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The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Carnegie Institution hosted the Transatlantic Cooperative Research Conference 2006: ?Arctic Meltdown ? Global Effects? on October 2-4, 2006, at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, D.C. Climate change and transatlantic cooperation have been key issues following the Norwegian Government?s 2001 decision to strengthen the bonds across the Atlantic. This year?s event, one of several since 2002, was organized by the Norwegian Research, Innovation, & Higher Education Forum in the United States.
