Posted on 12/14/2009 11:21:06 AM PST by markomalley
As the world struggles to reach an agreement on global warming, the UK Environment Secretary said pollution is having a particularly damaging effect on the two thirds of the world covered by oceans.
He explained that carbon dioxide is being absorbed at a faster rate than at any time in the previous 21 million years, causing ocean acidification.
The process dissolves the shells and skeletons of key marine life and is in danger of destroying whole ecosystems.
Why should we worry about this? he asked Because there is marine life that is affected by that change. In particular animals and plants that have a calcium carbonate skeleton and that other marine life feed on. When you think that one billion people depend on fish as their principle source of protein this is something we should worry about.
Mr Benns comments follow a UN report that warned ocean acidification is an underwater time bomb, which cannot be reversed in less than tens of thousands of years. It is predicted 70 per cent of cold water corals could be exposed to corrosive water by 2100.
The report was released at the Copenhagen climate summit in order to put pressure on world leaders to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being released by cars and factories as part of a new deal on global warming.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Mmmm... soft shell crab...
These same idiots want to use Carbon sequestration and pump the C02 into the seabeds.
These people are certifiable
Extra carbon in the water will make for bigger, better skeletons for these critters. Excuse me while I dislodge this 30 foot lobster...
Pikers! I'll see that and raise it to "could" leave ten billion people hungry.
No more “global warming.”
No more “climate change.”
The new buzzword is “ocean acidification.”
I called this after the hearings a week or so ago.
Grasping at straws bump to the top.
As a Christian I’ve always accepted what I believe to be prophecies about a coming apocalypse, a string of catastrophes so severe that no man would live, were the times not cut short by the arrival of Jesus Christ. So, I’m no stranger to apocalyptic thinking, but I don’t understand the left’s predilection for environmental Armageddons. They run from one apocalyptic scenario to another, from acid rain to the ozone, to an ice age, to global warming, to climate change, over population, deforestation, flatulence, so on and so on. In five years Gore’s predictions of a melted polar icecap will be forgotten, and new apocalyptic scams will surface. When do people get tired of being scammed, paying for scams?
ping.
And they would love to show it to you! Unfortunately, all of that data was destroyed -- 5 minutes after you asked about it.
I agree. The ocean is the worlds largest CO2 sink.
Think of it as a big old CO2 regulator
Yup. I agree that the thermal coefficient of water also comes into play.
Now.. I’m of to write a gubmint funded thesis...
Another factor is that CO2 is involved (and consumed) in weathering rocks, both carbonate and silicate. More CO2 means faster weathering. I'm not sure of all the ramifications, but faster weathering could mean more nutrients available for life (both on land and in the sea).
Another factor is that CO2 is involved (and consumed) in weathering rocks, both carbonate and silicate. More CO2 means faster weathering. I'm not sure of all the ramifications, but faster weathering could mean more nutrients available for life (both on land and in the sea).
The whole oceanic acidification BS was laid out in the 12/2/09 House hearings
Videos at this link
http://globalwarming.house.gov/pubs?id=0014#main_content
The question is, how long are we going to put up with this kind of dishonesty?
If you didn’t see it before, check out #38
It has ‘experiments’ an’ everything!! (/s)
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