A link was provided in the previous post that indicates that the ratio is 50 times the atmosphere. Now, if the atmosphere has doubled its concentration of carbon dioxide, how has this affected the ratio between the atmosphere and the ocean?
Fifty times is like a dollar to 2 cents. If it is that ratio today, what was it when the carbon dioxide level was half what it is today? In other words, was it 100 times? Was it like a dollar to 1 cent?
What I'm getting at is : Is the amount of carbon in the atmosphere have that much to do with the ocean's level? If they move lockstep with each other, the ratios should also move in lockstep. If there is no correlation, then they aren't moving together, so one has little to do with the other. In other words, if it was 50 times the amount also when the levels were much lower, and 50 times now, then it means that an awful lot of carbon went into the ocean. More carbon that we could possibly produce.
Putting it in another way, the two numbers couldn't possibly be in lockstep. The ratios have to be different now than then. For if they are the same, human activity cannot explain the differing levels.
If they are moving in lockstep, the the pH would have moved a lot more than it did. For all of that carbon would made a BIG difference.
Their numbers don't add up, methinks.
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