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Re: [Homestead] Acid

From: "Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>
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Subject: Re: [Homestead] Acid
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:20:31 -0700

> When carbon dioxide mixes with seawater, it forms a weak carbonic acid. Over millions of years, erosion has supplied the oceans with vast amounts of dissolved calcium from weathered rock on the continents. This provides a natural buffer against the acid, creating chemical conditions to which some key forms of marine life are finely tuned.

When Gaia's "kidneys" stop functioning,

there ain't no global dialysis available ....

Toni

[Homestead] Acid streams, acid lakes, acid oceans, Tvoivozhd, 09/09/2004
- Re: [Homestead] Acid, Toni Hawryluk, 09/09/2004
- Re: [Homestead] Acid streams, acid lakes, acid oceans, Gene GeRue, 09/09/2004
  - Re: [Homestead] Acid streams, acid lakes, acid oceans, Lynda, 09/10/2004