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Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises
(www.sciencedaily.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2026
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The literal paper that this post is about says multiple things about this subject. Did you read that paper?
Thing #1 is that blood ph is decreasing in lockstep with atmospheric CO2.
Thing #2 is that it appears the body's buffering system is stressed and is pulling additional calcium + phosphorus from the skeleton to aid in buffering.
So your comment isn't wrong about the basic idea, you just didnt observe what's happening the larger context. PH is not only predicted to drop, we have already seen it drop, it's already started to happen.
For this alarmist claim to be wrong, are you suggesting they cannot even accurately measure blood ph?