So unsubstantiated assertions concluded by a "period" is what's passing for reason nowadays?
So if a rise in ocean acidity causes global warming, that is still at odds with the record low temps and icecap growth in Antarctica.
While I don't see the acidity/warming connection, I think that ocean acidity is an issue--but one we don't need to panic about, there being several ways to handle it without resorting to damning the human race as a pox on the universe and clamping down on economic growth--in the US. Alternative fuels need to be developed, including nuclear and especially hydrogen (that I've been promoting personally for decades), which is the perfect, renewable, non-polluting, non-CO2 producing fuel. US CO2 has been trending down in the US along with pollution, while Asia has far surpassed us in those categories, which draws almost no "progressive" attention. Why do you s'pose that is?
Since when is corruption "old news". It was a pimple on the *** of global warming alarmists that miraculously and courageously made it to the surface in spite of the media and governments running interference.
...there can be no "but", yet one is thrown up against the wall in any case....
Consensus doesn't determine scientific evidence or facts, especially when, as climategate shows, the culture of corruption is metastasizing to an unknown extent and at an unknown rate. When climate "scientists" are largely beholding to liberal government grants to universities and to salaries in government agencies, it should be no surprise that results favoring that government's agenda are "found".
""So if a rise in ocean acidity causes global warming, that is still at odds with the record low temps and icecap growth in Antarctica."
Wow, there is so much wrong with your post, except for renewable energy I don't know where really to begin, but will start with
"So if a rise in ocean acidity causes global warming"
This is incorrect and clearly something you don't understand the oceans are carbon sinks that absorb CO2 from the atmosphere which is why they are getting more acidic which in turn adds to warming., start with learning that first here. You also don't seem to know the difference between weather and metoerology and the heat of the planet as a whole. This is a common error of those who don't actually study the subject.
"While I don't see the acidity/warming connection, I think that ocean acidity is an issue--but one we don't need to panic about,"
What is Ocean Acidification?
Ocean acidification refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.
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Pteropods are small calcifying (or shelled) organisms that live as zooplankton in the water column and are an important prey species for many fish. Changes in ocean chemistry can break down their calcium carbonate shell, ultimately leaving the marine food web at risk. This close-up image is evidence that pteropods from the natural environment along the U.S. West Coast are showing signs that their shells are dissolving.
For more than 200 years, or since the industrial revolution, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased due to the burning of fossil fuels and land use change. The ocean absorbs about 30 percent of the CO2 that is released in the atmosphere, and as levels of atmospheric CO2 increase, so do the levels in the ocean.
When CO2 is absorbed by seawater, a series of chemical reactions occur resulting in the increased concentration of hydrogen ions. This increase causes the seawater to become more acidic and causes carbonate ions to be relatively less abundant.
Carbonate ions are an important building block of structures such as sea shells and coral skeletons. Decreases in carbonate ions can make building and maintaining shells and other calcium carbonate structures difficult for calcifying organisms such as oysters, clams, sea urchins, shallow water corals, deep sea corals, and calcareous plankton.
These changes in ocean chemistry can affect the behavior of non-calcifying organisms as well. Certain fish's ability to detect predators is decreased in more acidic waters. When these organisms are at risk, the entire food web may also be at risk.
What is Ocean Acidification?
So your right no need to give the entire ocean food chain breaking down a second thought.
Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/14/u...-security-threat-by-military-researchers.html
You don't need to reply actually because I am done with the conversation, although I applaud your efforts for renewable resources.
