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From: oconnor@sungoddess.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor)
Newsgroups: sci.misc
Subject: Re: Oxygen generation in winter
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Date: 17 Mar 88 13:30:48 GMT
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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
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