U.S. Congress - S.173 Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009
S.173 - Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009
A bill to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA. view all titles (3)
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- Official: A bill to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA. as introduced.
- Short: Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Short: FOARAM Act as introduced.
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I have difficulty understanding how the oceans are acidic when the average Ph content is about 8.1, while 7.0 Ph is neutral and <7.0 is acidic. Moreover, sea water is buffered solution that cannot become acidic (Ph 7.99 from absorbing atmospheric anthropogenic CO2 emissions.
Why is this bill necessary? What is the scientific research used to justify this bill?
One study I know of is based upon analysis if water samples from the North Pacific ocean, and area of intense volcanic activity on the ocean floor and surrounding land masses. I wonder how the the researchers segregated the volcanic impacts from absorbed CO2 emissions.