One Proposal to Mitigate the Effects of Burning Fossil Fuels

question 43

Multiple Choice

One proposal to mitigate the effects of burning fossil fuels on atmospheric CO₂ concentrations is to pipe liquid CO₂ into the ocean at depths of 2,500 feet or greater.At the high pressures at such depths,CO₂ is heavier than water.What potential effects might result from implementing such a scheme?

• A)increased photosynthetic carbon fixation because of the increased dissolved carbon dioxide in the deep water
• B)increased carbonate concentrations in the deep waters
• C)increased growth of corals from a change in the carbonate-bicarbonate equilibrium
• D)no effect because carbon dioxide is not soluble in water
• E)changes in the growth of deep sea-dwelling organisms with calcium carbonate shells

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