Now, what exactly is the effect that hydrogen has on hemoglobin? Well, it turns out that hydrogen ions can actually bind onto special allosteric sites found on our hemoglobin. And by binding to hemoglobin, the hydrogen ions effectively decrease the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen. That means the hydrogen ions make it much more likely that the hemoglobin will release that oxygen. So what that means is, because our affinity of hemoglobin to oxygen actually decreases, more of that oxygen is released into the cells of our tissues. So this effect, this phenomenon is known as the Bore effect.