Good to know. Forgive me for asking so many likely ignorant questions here (most chemistry info I find in my personal research is very technical jargon heavy and - as I don’t have a chemistry background - rather difficult to understand as a result), but does raising Alkalinity always raise pH? I ask because, to this point, I’ve just heard that pH is essentially the ”important” number while Alkalinity is basically just important because it determines how capable something is of resisting pH change (specifically pH lowering). I know that’s a gross-oversimplification of things, but that’s basically how I’ve seen it explained.
Also, to be able to understand the actual relationship between pH and Alkalinity better, would you happen to either be willing to explain it simply here or to point me in the direction of a source or two that might explain things simply (preferably in layman’s terms or nearly so) but in some detail?
Ocean Acidification
What is the 'other carbon dioxide problem'? How are humans driving changes in the chemistry of the ocean, and what might this mean for marine ecosystems in the future?
www.nature.com
This is a good reading for bicarbonate buffer system.