Posted on 01/31/2009 7:56:51 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
More than 150 top marine researchers have voiced their concerns through the "Monaco Declaration", which warns that changes in acidity are accelerating.
The declaration, supported by Prince Albert II of Monaco, builds on findings from an earlier international summit.
It says pH levels are changing 100 times faster than natural variability.
Based on the research priorities identified at The Ocean in a High CO2 World symposium, held in October 2008, the declaration states:
"We scientists who met in Monaco to review what is known about ocean acidification declare that we are deeply concerned by recent, rapid changes in ocean chemistry and their potential, within decades, to severely affect marine organisms, food webs, biodiversity and fisheries."
'The other CO2 problem'
It calls on policymakers to stabilise CO2 emissions "at a safe level to avoid not only dangerous climate change but also dangerous ocean acidification".
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The researchers warn that ocean acidification, which they refer to as "the other CO2 problem", could make most regions of the ocean inhospitable to coral reefs by 2050, if atmospheric CO2 levels continue to increase.
The also say that it could lead to substantial changes in commercial fish stocks, threatening food security for millions of people.
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Shouldn’t they all just be evolving? What’s to worry?
If the BBC said it, it must be true. ROFLMAO.
Absolutely no sarcasm here at all. No sir. I kid you not.
This is ridiculous. 0.1 pH units since revolutionary times? Anyone who works with this measurement must have trouble keeping a straight face.
The sky is falling, the sky is falling.
quick! somebody post the ohhhh nooozzz guys!
What ever happened to acid rain?
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! I mean, the ocean is wet! The ocean is wet!! We’re all gonna DIE!!
Maybe they need to get the third world countries and the oriental countries to stop dumping their crap into the ocean without suitable treatment.
Liberals are insane.
All rain is acid. It’s supposed to be that way.
Or tell them to start dumping soap, lye, and caustic. That’ll counter act the acid.
How bout we air lift millions of tons of rolaids to the ocean?
HA! That was my first thought, “The sky is falling!”, but upon further reflection my response is - I thought they had Prince Albert in a can?
Correct! But remember how they tried to scare us with that one too?
We just ignored until their faces turned purple and they went away.
Atmospheric CO2. 380 ppm. .038%. Doesn’t sound high to me. But then, I’m not using it to extort the population.
i still have a copy of the 1970 ramparts magazine
that on the cover warns of all our oceans dying in a decade or so.
Actually, I do not care anymore, well since Nov 4th,
Carbonate system. Isn’t that how it works? I don’t remember the details. All I remember is that term. I took a college course in water pollution years ago. Learned about...oh wow...stuff. It’s all gone from my memory now.
BOD5
dissolved oxygen content
carbonate buffer
That’s about all that’s left.
Everything we do is part of nature. We are part of nature. By definition what we do is natural. They’re all idiots. They try and separate us from everything else at the same time telling us we’ve evolved from apes - who are still, appparently, part of nature.
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