we simply could never release enough co2 into the atmosphere to cause the ph to go below 7 [the point in the ph scale at which a solution becomes acidic].”
we simply could never release enough co2 into the atmosphere to cause the ph to go below 7 [the point in the ph scale at which a solution becomes acidic].”
acid:214
co2 + h2o ⇌ h2co3 ⇌ h+ + hco− 3 it is the decrease in ph that signals the brain to breathe faster and deeper, expelling the excess co2 and resupplying the cells with o2.