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The sea floor is dissolving because of anthropogenic CO2

Into the Night said:
And you have neutralized the alkaline in the process. It is no longer an alkaline.

You cannot acidify an alkaline.
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I'm not sure why this concept is so hard to understand... I'm no chemistry expert, but this is pretty "basic" stuff (haha, get it?)
 
gfm7175 said:
I'm not sure why this concept is so hard to understand... I'm no chemistry expert, but this is pretty "basic" stuff (haha, get it?)
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And you never questioned why the people who ARE chemistry experts call it ocean acidification all the time?
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
You acidity it until it no longer is alkaline
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Not possible. Adding an acid to an alkaline neutralizes the alkaline until it is no longer alkaline. The usual result is a salt solution. You cannot acidify an alkaline.
 
Into the Night said:
And you have neutralized the alkaline in the process. It is no longer an alkaline.

You cannot acidify an alkaline.
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gfm7175 said:
I'm not sure why this concept is so hard to understand... I'm no chemistry expert, but this is pretty "basic" stuff (haha, get it?)
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That's about as dumb as saying you can't melt ice because if it's melted it's no longer ice.
 
Threegoofs said:
Oh look.

Soccus Mediius agrees.

There’s a surprise.
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I've only ever melted water during my lifetime... I have never melted ice...

You'll have to explain to me how that's done...
 
Into the Night said:
You can't melt ice. You can melt water, but not ice.
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gfm7175 said:
I've only ever melted water during my lifetime... I have never melted ice...

You'll have to explain to me how that's done...
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1. Buy an ice-cube tray
2. Fill it with tap water and place it in the freezer section of your refrigerator (assuming you have one). Make sure the refrigerator is turned on.
3. The next day make sure you put on a pair of dark cotton pants (the reason for this will be become clear)
4. Turn on an electrical or gas heater or start a fire in a fireplace
5. Retrieve the ice-cube tray from the freezer then sit in a chair within a few feet of the heater or fireplace
6. Empty the ice-cube tray in your lap and sit still for 2 hours.
7. After 2 hours, stand up, go to your local shopping center and walk around.

When people stare at your wet crotch just tell them "I didn't know ice could melt"
 
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Quaestio said:
1. Buy an ice-cube tray
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Check.

Quaestio said:
2. Fill it with tap water and place it in the freezer section of your refrigerator (assuming you have one). Make sure the refrigerator is turned on.
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Check.

Quaestio said:
3. The next day make sure you put on a pair of dark cotton pants (the reason for this will be become clear)
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I'll go with it... check.

Quaestio said:
4. Turn on an electrical or gas heater or start a fire in a fireplace
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Check.

Quaestio said:
5. Retrieve the ice-cube tray from the freezer then sit in a chair within a few feet of the heater or fireplace
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Check.

Quaestio said:
6. Empty the ice-cube tray in your lap and sit still for 2 hours.
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Check.

Quaestio said:
7. After 2 hours, stand up, go to your local shopping center and walk around.
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Check.

Quaestio said:
When people stare at your wet crotch just tell them "I didn't know ice could melt"
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You did not melt ice; you melted water.

What if I were to freeze fruit juice or milk into cube form? ... ... What would I be melting in those cases? Would I also be melting "ice"?
 
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gfm7175 said:
What if I were to freeze fruit juice or milk into cube form? ... ... What would I be melting in those cases? Would I also be melting "ice"?
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'Ice' is generally defined as frozen water. With melting frozen orange juice or milk cubes on your lap, you'd be just as wet in your crotch area and looking just as much like an incontinent idiot.
 
Quaestio said:
'Ice' is generally defined as frozen water.
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Great... So, it's water that's being melted then?

Quaestio said:
With melting frozen orange juice or milk cubes on your lap, you'd be just as wet in your crotch area and looking just as much like an incontinent idiot.
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Yes, but that evades the question... The question was, if I froze fruit juice or milk into cube form, what would I be melting in those cases? Would I be melting "ice", or would I be melting fruit juice or milk?
 
Quaestio said:
1. Buy an ice-cube tray
2. Fill it with tap water and place it in the freezer section of your refrigerator (assuming you have one). Make sure the refrigerator is turned on.
3. The next day make sure you put on a pair of dark cotton pants (the reason for this will be become clear)
4. Turn on an electrical or gas heater or start a fire in a fireplace
5. Retrieve the ice-cube tray from the freezer then sit in a chair within a few feet of the heater or fireplace
6. Empty the ice-cube tray in your lap and sit still for 2 hours.
7. After 2 hours, stand up, go to your local shopping center and walk around.

When people stare at your wet crotch just tell them "I didn't know ice could melt"
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The ice didn't melt. The water did.
 
Quaestio said:
'Ice' is generally defined as frozen water.
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No. It is specifically defined as frozen water.
Quaestio said:
With melting frozen orange juice or milk cubes on your lap, you'd be just as wet in your crotch area and looking just as much like an incontinent idiot.
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You are melting the water in them. You can't melt ice.
 
Threegoofs said:
An article was just published in PNAS that looks a bit concerning.


From the news release:



Alterations to seabed raise fears for future | Newsroom - McGill University

The implications of this isn’t too dramatic for us- it will eventually screw up geologic climate records and leave a stamp for the next civilization to detect how this one screwed up. The CaCO3, of course, is buffering the excess carbonic acid, helping to temper acidification in the future. No one really expected the seafloors this deep to be dissolving this quickly and this early, however.

Article here:
Current CaCO3 dissolution at the seafloor caused by anthropogenic CO2 | PNAS

I look forward to all the deniers suddenly becoming experts on oceanography, chemistry and benthic zones and telling us how this all means nothing and PNAS is just a biased blog site.
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OMG. If the sea floor dissolves what is going to keep the ocean water from draining away? :shock:
 
LowDown said:
OMG. If the sea floor dissolves what is going to keep the ocean water from draining away? :shock:
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I think he's afraid it will all drain into the hollow earth.



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It's also why these alarmists are afraid of the poles melting. They fear giants, and evil beasts will come out.
 
Threegoofs said:
This is a pretty good representative post of your scientific acumen.

Thanks for alerting us all.
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And your posts #184 and #187 are a pretty good representation of your scientific acumen...

Thinking that ice melts and that alkalines become acidified... :lamo
 
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