Timeline for How Do I Supplement Oxygen Intake?
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| Dec 11, 2016 at 18:55 | comment | added | Salda007 | Surprisingly, it could absorb that much CO2, but, yes, it won't. The solubility of CO2 in water increases as temperature decreases and as pressure increases. But even assuming 1 atm of pressure, it's doable. Assume the water in the ocean is uniformly about 4º C. Solubility of CO2 at 4º C is ~3 g/kg. There's ~1.338e9 km^3 of water in the oceans, which can absorb 4.014e18 kg of CO2. 7.5e17 kg of O2 yields 1.03e18 kg of CO2, so you're only at 1/3rd capacity. The problem is, like you said, most of that would outgas until the pressures were at equilibrium. Biggest bottle of soda ever! | |
| Dec 11, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | kingledion | @Salda007 The ocean cannot absorb ~ 1E18 tons of CO2. Much of that would outgas. | |
| Dec 11, 2016 at 12:13 | comment | added | Salda007 | Well, yes and no. If these are largely oceanic microbes doing the work, then a significant amount of the CO2 might remain sequestered in the ocean instead of being released into the atmosphere. Of course, this would dramatically increase the acidity of the ocean and probably kill off vast swaths of life in the oceans, but it wouldn't necessarily result in a dramatic runaway greenhouse effect. | |
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| Dec 10, 2016 at 22:07 | history | answered | kingledion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |