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I am Water (slicerdicer@friedcheese.us)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 14:37:10 JST I am Water
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@Niall @codinghorror I can’t wait till we actually use that energy that doesn’t emit as much CO2 as it sequesters.

Fuck everything else. Without that we are doomed.

https://ftp.soest.hawaii.edu/coastal/Climate%20Articles/Reefs%20dissolve%20at%20double%20CO2.pdf

https://oceans.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/doney_ann_rev_proof.pdf

Read these in entirety, understand the chemistry process that is bound by temperature. What it means.

CaCO3 implications from shellfish to coral to vertebrate bones. What the acid does, why it forms and what the consequences are?

Better hope we can adapt. That’s assuming we haven’t started the other acid balance. Bacteria that cannot be stopped. Once kickstarted makes a self feeding cycle.

https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-1153/egusphere-2025-1153.pdf

Simply oxidize CH4 and bam you got CO2.

Fun. If you consider the science experiment nobody ever wanted to do fun.

https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/Acidifying+Water+Takes+Toll+On+Northwest+Shellfish

https://www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/1-million-study-to-save-bay-oysters-from-acidification/

It’s not theoretical, it’s happening. Right now.

https://news.agu.org/press-release/ocean-acidification-may-be-impacting-coral-reefs-in-the-florida-keys/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-23394-4

All this horseshit? Yeah we’re fucked if we don’t fix this. How do I know? What credentials do I have? I don’t need them. Truly I don’t, because of the collapse I found and brought national attention to that happened so fast? Science couldn’t even get there fast enough to truly understand the scope of it. That my wife and I recorded 99% of all the videos with my wife @pixie to what happened and documented daily. My work was cited by 3 universities and 2 state government agencies. My data is in the UN permanently. I’d say I saw something horrifying.

We need to recalibrate that we need to get rid of the CO2 not just stop it. But that is just what happens when you look and see the damage to the environment.
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  WASHINGTON, DC—Limestone that forms the foundation of coral reefs along the Florida Reef Tract is dissolving during the fall and winter months on many reefs in the Florida Keys, according to a new study. The research showed that the upper Florida Keys were the most impacted by the annual loss of reef. Each year the oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and become more acidic, a process called ocean acidification. Projections, based largely on laboratory studies, led scientists to predict that ocean pH would not fall low enough to cause reefs to start dissolving until 2050-2060. For two years, the researchers collected water samples along the 200-kilometer (124-mile) stretch of the Florida Reef Tract north of Biscayne National Park to the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. The data provide a snapshot on the health of the reefs and establish a baseline from which future changes can be judged. The results showed reef dissolution is a significant problem on reefs in the upper Keys with the loss of limestone exceeding the amount the corals are able to produce on an annual basis. As a result, these reefs are expected to begin wasting away, leaving less habitat for commercially- and recreationally-important fish species. Florida Keys’ reefs have an estimated asset value of $7.6 billion. The study was accepted for publication today in the journal Global Biogeochemical Cycles, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. In the natural scheme of things in the spring and summer months, environmental conditions in the ocean such as water temperature, light and seagrass growth are favorable for the growth of coral limestone. During the fall and winter, low light and temperature conditions along with the annual decomposition of seagrass result in a slowing, or small-scale loss of reef growth. https://youtu.be/yNfZ_MfdtXA However, as atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, ocean pH declines. The result is that the natural summer growth cycle of coral is no longer large enough to offset the effects of dissolution from ocean acidification. “We don’t have as much time as we previously thought,” said Chris Langdon, professor of marine biology and ecology at the University of Miami Rosensteil School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and a senior author of the study. “The reefs are beginning to dissolve away.” “This is one more reason why we need to get serious about reducing carbon dioxide emission sooner rather than later,” Langdon said. The data for the study were collected in 2009-2010. The researchers suggest that a more recent analysis should be conducted to see how the reefs are faring today. “The worst bleaching years on record in the Florida Keys were 2014-2015, so there’s a chance the reefs could be worse now,” Langdon said. ### The American Geophysical Union is dedicated to advancing the Earth and space sciences for the benefit of humanity through its scholarly publications, conferences, and outreach programs. AGU is a not-for-profit, professional, scientific organization representing more than 60,000 members in 139 countries. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and our other social media channels. The University of Miami is one of the largest private research institutions in the southeastern United States. The University’s mission is to provide quality education, attract and retain outstanding students, support the faculty and their research, and build an endowment for University initiatives. Founded in the 1940s, the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has grown into one of the world’s premier marine and atmospheric research institutions. Offering dynamic interdisciplinary academics, the Rosenstiel School is dedicated to helping communities to better understand the planet, participating in the establishment of environmental policies, and aiding in the improvement of society and quality of life.
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  Niall in Raglan :laserkiwi: (niall@mastodon.nz)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 14:37:11 JST Niall in Raglan :laserkiwi:
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  @codinghorror I can't wait for us to use the tech we have to its full. We can ditch most of our CO2 emissions this way.
  Electrify baby!
  #ElectrifyEverything #StopBurningStuff
  
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  Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 02-May-2025 14:37:12 JST Jeff Atwood
  
  I can’t wait for the next revolutionary battery stored energy density breakthrough. Stored energy is almost everything.
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