Posted on 02/04/2019 11:41:37 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The ocean will not look the same color in the future. It won't turn pink or anything radically different; the change will be more apparent through optic sensors than though the human eye. But it serves as an early warning sign that global warming is significantly altering the planet's ecosystems, according to a new study.
Essentially, climate change will make the blues of the ocean bluer and the greens greener. Scientists figured this out by creating a global model that simulates the growth of a tiny creature that lives in the oceans and affects the color we see. Their research was published Monday in the journal Nature Communications.
Climate change will bring a color change to half of the world's oceans by the end of the 21st century, the study says. That's bad for climate change on several levels: For one, phytoplankton remove about as much carbon dioxide from the air as plants and help regulate our climate, research shows. They are also key to other animals' survival.
"The change is not a good thing, since it will definitely impact the rest of the food web," said study co-author Stephanie Dutkiewank, a principal research scientist in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. "Phytoplankton are at the base, and if the base changes, it endangers everything else along the food web, going far enough to the polar bears or tuna or just about anything that you want to eat or love to see in pictures."
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It’s even affecting anatomy! Every time they talk about it, their noses get longer!
Will the ocean foam change from white to brown? Could be a problem.... RACISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Now, don’t you worry, honey-lamb, cut some slack.
The approaching Ice Age will bring it all back.
Changing colors is racist
Somebody needs to put all this crap in a time capsule so 100 years from now we can sit and laugh at them.
As long as it’s not Yellow; same as eating Yellow Snow... heh.
Is that a bad thing?
The Atlantic in Maine is not the same color as the Atlantic in Palm Beach or Key West. The Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Baltic, and Southern Ocean are not the same color. My father could look at the ocean and predict the weather better than the weatherman. Most fishermen can do the same. Sick and tired of the idiots trying to drive their brainwashing techniques just so they can control everyone on the planet. The LUCKY OLD SUN controls it all!
Bluer blues and greener greens....Oooh!
Usually that means cleaner water and a very clear skies, deep water and shallows. I though that was good.
Stephanie is a wanker. It’s even part of her name.
I would dismiss this any future proclamations from MIT and this department. Oceans changing color that can’t be detected is absolute BS. What’s next?
We have a BLACK Sea too. Had to balance the colors, even long ago.
Don’t forget the Coral Sea!
Red Sea, too! We need to be inclusive and diverse.
Climate change colorized Goebbels!
A more reliable left lib study: Raising taxes will solve our problems.(/S)
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