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HipsterCavemanDJ t1_j3l0768 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deep overturning circulation collapses with strong warming, which could cause a "disaster" in the world's oceans. by sibti

Or, you know, oxygen.

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Kalapuya t1_j3mfpnw wrote

This is misleading. We do not “depend” on the ocean for oxygen as the atmospheric reservoir has more than sufficiently built up over the last 2 billion years. About half of the slow drop that built it up came from the oceans, but even if it ceased doing so tomorrow we wouldn’t be deprived of O2 for a long time.

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jazir5 t1_j3poarf wrote

>for a long time

Famous last words. I think there's a lot we can't predict, and I wouldn't be so sure we wouldn't be fucked.

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Kalapuya t1_j3prx6j wrote

I’m a scientist who works in this field. I’m sure.

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