I need more help! (Jeez wont that kid shut up already!)

AshleytheGreat · 11-06-2006, 09:47 PM

I keep reading about the carbon cycle and how the ocean is involved in it. I have a few questions that im sure you brilliant minds can answer. I read that it is bad when the ocean absorbs CO2. Why does this cause harm? Also what makes the oceans acidic?

harif87 · 11-06-2006, 09:52 PM

It becomes more acidic since when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean it combines with water to make HCO3 which is carbonic acid.

**Damon** · 11-07-2006, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by harif87

It becomes more acidic since when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean it combines with water to make HCO3 which is carbonic acid.

Very good young padawan...... The force is strong in this one....

AshleytheGreat · 11-07-2006, 08:55 AM

But doesnt the ocean need carbon. For example i read that corals need it to grow

aaa · 11-07-2006, 03:27 PM

but if the level is too high it will cause harm. everything in excess is bad.

mr.dark-saint · 11-08-2006, 07:29 AM

Carbonic acid makes the Calcium Reactors and reaction happen. Which desolves aragonite and such to release in to the tank for the corals to use.

11-06-2006, 09:47 PM	#1
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	I need more help! (Jeez wont that kid shut up already!) I keep reading about the carbon cycle and how the ocean is involved in it. I have a few questions that im sure you brilliant minds can answer. I read that it is bad when the ocean absorbs CO2. Why does this cause harm? Also what makes the oceans acidic? __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

11-06-2006, 09:52 PM	#2
harif87 Minor Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 21 Posts: 992	It becomes more acidic since when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean it combines with water to make HCO3 which is carbonic acid. __________________ sorry for beating you senseless "The human torch was denied a bank loan"

11-07-2006, 08:55 AM	#4
AshleytheGreat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Mi Town Posts: 785	But doesnt the ocean need carbon. For example i read that corals need it to grow __________________ So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this malarkey with any sort of further response.

11-08-2006, 07:29 AM	#6
mr.dark-saint Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 177	Carbonic acid makes the Calcium Reactors and reaction happen. Which desolves aragonite and such to release in to the tank for the corals to use. __________________ It's only after we've lost everything, that we're free to do anything.

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11-07-2006, 03:27 PM	#5
aaa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Grand Prairie, Texas Age: 20 Posts: 521	but if the level is too high it will cause harm. everything in excess is bad.

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