http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622194342.htm
A Dutch researcher has created a new method of looking at the pH of water that allows one to look at the various chemical processes that are occurring and their effect on pH. Nitrification, the conversion of ammonium into nitrate was found to be the most influential acidifying process. There has been an overall slight increase in the pH of ocean water, due to the oceans' ability to buffer quite well. Yet, the new method found that the buffer factor, how well a system can cope with acid production or consumption without a significant change in pH, will be 3-4 times lower at the end of this century.
Posted by Dora Moore
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I wrote a paper of coral bleaching first semester and found a lot of information on the increase of acidity in the ocean. Really interesting that they are trying to use buffers to correct this.
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