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		clebio on July 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to ... Gotta love a good "prominent negative excursion". Which is to say, gotta love unabashed scientific writing. "Neutral bouyancy" would be another good one. We need better basic science writing, even if it is on the quagmire that is wikipedia.

clebio on July 23, 2015 [–]

And by "quagmire" I mean...

> We know the entire exogenic carbon cycle ... underwent a −0.2 % to −0.3 % perturbation in δ13C ...

[citation needed] much? And yet, wikipedia is not standardized nor enforced for such things. Sorry for the digression.

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