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Article #826Re: Oxygen generation in winter
From: Dennis M. O'Connor
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1988 13:30
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1988 13:30
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A biologist friend of mine told me that the calcium carbonate
disolved in the oceans provides a sufficient reserve of oxygen
to last millions of years at the present rates of consumption.
I assume this means if the partial pressure of oxygen in the
atmosphere where to drop, there would be a loss of equilibrium,
and some sort of chemical reaction would occur releasing
the oxygen from the carbonate and leaving behind, what, maybe
a chlorate ? I'm not sure. But I'n not worried about running
out of oxygen anytime soon either.
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Dennis O'Connor oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP ARPA: OCONNORDM@ge-crd.arpa
( I wish I could be civil all the time, like Eugene Miya )
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!sungoddess!oconnor From: oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor) Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Oxygen generation in winter Message-ID: <9975@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: 17 Mar 88 13:30:48 GMT References: <3052@pitt.UUCP> Sender: news@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP Reply-To: oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center Lines: 14