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rolphtoday at 12:12 AM1 replyview on HN

it wont matter how much oxygen you try to dissolve, if the temperature is too high you wont hold enough dissolved oxygen to allow aquatic life.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gases-solubility-water-d_...


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gerdesjtoday at 12:50 AM

Now look up the temperatures within the water column. I don't see any notes about pressure. Temperature is one axis ...

Your charts show several "green house gases" and with some squinting and handwaving could be used to "prove" that the seas are mopping up those gases and saving the planet.

I used to keep tropical fish and they somehow managed to survive in water temperatures way higher than the open seas. In an aquarium it is the surface water area (not volume) that generally decides how many fish can live within it. The surface area determines how much oxygen can be absorbed, Oxygenating plants help and agitating the surface increases the surface area - it does not "mix in" oxygen.

My point is: That's all bollocks.

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