Claim
In the study, gradual acidification produced weaker phenotypic and genomic shifts that aligned more closely with natural ocean conditions.
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Biology · 1efd24fe Climate · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 5 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:c566d243-6e29-8a1b-8313-feac40ae38bb
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.Every quoted passage was confirmed on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The primary study reports the gradual-acidification response pattern. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: The quoted passage directly reports weaker phenotypic and genomic shifts under gradual acidification, aligning with natural ocean conditions.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Unresolved.
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Checked as part of
- “A long-term evolution experiment compared abrupt and gradual ocean acidification in the marine diatom Chaetoceros muelleri.” · 3 claims · 29 September 2026
Evidence for
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From Abrupt pH changes overestimate the responses of Chaetoceros muelleri to ocean acidification Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Primary comparative result.
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From Abrupt pH changes overestimate the responses of Chaetoceros muelleri to ocean acidification Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The excerpt matches both weaker-shift and natural-condition components.
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From Abrupt pH changes overestimate the responses of Chaetoceros muelleri to ocean acidification Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Limits organism, duration, exposure range, and abrupt-versus-gradual comparison.
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From Abrupt pH changes overestimate the responses of Chaetoceros muelleri to ocean acidification Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Clarifies the response domains used.
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From Abrupt pH changes overestimate the responses of Chaetoceros muelleri to ocean acidification Read 2026-09-29 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Confirms the reported response pattern while retaining the experimental scope.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| edd8c1c1 | 62fb2a79 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
| From | Relationship | To |
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| 19386b55 | NARROWS | 40ae38bb |
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | 3e15e3b0, c68965d5, 1f7acc52, 62fb2a79, 78213d5b |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The primary study reports the gradual-acidification response pattern. b470cbd8
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. edd8c1c1
Qualifier: The study integrated genomic, physiological, stoichiometric, and Earth System Modeling measures of diatom responses. c174d090
Qualifier: The experiment tested one marine diatom species over 1100 generations while comparing abrupt and gradual CO2 increases from 440 to 1000 ppm. 2d24ef7a
Qualifier: The article directly reports weaker phenotypic and genomic shifts under gradual acidification relative to natural ocean conditions. 5e069141
A narrower version of this claim is supported. 19386b55
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
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| 19925 | APPENDED | |
| 19926 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 19939 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 24507 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 25532 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |