@mike_malaska@deepspace.social
2026-03-11 01:18 UTC
We'll get to the BIG DEAL first: Why is it important?
Earth Ocean is BIG. Massive reservoir for stuff. Atmospheric gases in equilibrium. On the plus side, CO2 can get sucked down, scrubbed from atmosphere. On the negative side, if this doesn't happen and it comes back out, that's bad.
So oceans buffer temperatures and gases (like CO2).
Figuring out the HOW carbonates, CO2 balance out and move and where they go in the ocean is part of the big climate budget.
This article looks at the HOW.
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@mike_malaska@deepspace.social 2026-03-11 01:22
A key is understanding how things dissolve. For boring solids, like salt or sugar dissolving in water, the more you heat the water, the more stuff (most salts {with NaCl being exception}, sugar) can go into solution. Cool it, and you can crystallize it out. Fun edible demo? make your own rock candy by crystallizing out sugar Instructions here: https://wearenotmartha.com/make-your-own-rock-candy/ But...calcium carbonate (and other carbonates) are weird.