The ocean temp has changed that much since 1979. I'm sure this falls within natural variability.
Posted on 09/03/2014 9:42:21 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Imagine Cape Cod without cod. Maine without lobster. The region's famous rocky beaches invisible, obscured by constant high waters.
It's already starting to happen. The culprit is the warming seas — and in particular the Gulf of Maine, whose waters are heating up faster than 99 percent of the world's oceans, scientists say.
Long-established species of commercial fish, like cod, herring and northern shrimp, are departing for colder waters. Black sea bass, blue crabs and new species of squid — all highly unusual for the Gulf — are turning up in fishermen's nets.
The Gulf of Maine's warming reflects broader trends around the North Atlantic. But the statistic — accepted by scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — underscores particular fears about the Gulf's unique ecosystem and the lucrative fishing industries it supports for three U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.
"These changes are very real, and we're seeing them happen quickly," said Malin Pinsky, a biology professor at New Jersey's Rutgers University who studies ocean temperature change and was not involved in the research that resulted in the 99 percent statistic.
It is a rallying point for environmental activists, who see the response to the temperature rise and its impact on fisheries as a touchstone for the global debate about climate change.
"The warming is already here," said Jeff Young, a spokesman for Pew Charitable Trust's oceans project, which has campaigned in favor of restrictions on fishing for herring, another species leaving for colder water. "And we have to deal with it."
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Do these idiot scientists have any solutions?
Lobsters? How ‘bout that turkey in the White House?
There must be some law against threatening lobsters.
Give these “scientists” a hefty government grant. The lobstahs will be okay.
This sounds very crustaceous!
It was April the 41st, being a quadruple leap year
I was driving in downtown Atlantis
My Barracuda was in the shop, so I was in a rented Stingray, and it was overheating
So I pulled into a Shell station
They said I’d blown a seal
I said, “Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it, okay pal?”
Eat them now before they’re all gone?
You want solutions? Simple. Government takes 100% of your income and decides how small of pittance you need to live on. Problem solved.
A benefit to “global warming:”
Oceans that provide already-cooked
lobsters.
If not for the fact that they taste good with drawn butter nobody would care about lobster. Fact is they are prolific breeders and known to marine biologists as “cockroach of the sea’”. Lobsters aren’t going anywhere (except on my plate).
CC
But Crawfish will thrive!
I’ll bring the butter and you bring the soft drinks!
The cod are already gone but not because of warming. We ate ‘em all.
All a big lie. I could imagine a better America without
a Main or a Massachusetts though.
Thank you. I learned a little more today.
http://www.foodbeast.com/2014/02/13/oh-lobster-you-so-fancy/
The ocean temp has changed that much since 1979. I'm sure this falls within natural variability.
Already, marinas in the Bahamas are choked with dying Homerus americani, dead or dying polar bears, manatees floating teats up, red tide, plastic bottles, GMO French Fries, cigarette butts,rabid seals, and hard drives containing scurrilous gender normative comments causing grievous loss of self-esteem.
In fact, in all likelihood there are no longer any Bahamas (or Bangladesh) because of melting ice-caps in the Arctic and the rise of world-wide sea levels!
Thank Allah we have a Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. (or II) to save us in this, the hour of our travail!
Typical illogical liberals...if we “save the planet” we just have more lobsters to eat. The result for the lobster is the same.
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