10 marine species on the brink of mass extinction due to ocean acidification
source: http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/ocean-conservation/10-marine-species-brink-mass-extinct...
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Adding carbon to the atmosphere contributes to global warming and climate change. Another less-discussed impact is ocean acidification—whereby carbon molecules diffuse into the ocean from the atmosphere, causing a steady rise in acidity—even though the impacts are already being felt by many species.
The beautiful blue sea slug, seen here, is one such creature. Blue sea slugs feed on the poisonous Portuguese man of war jellyfish, meaning that an ocean without them would be an ocean with a lot more stinging jellyfish.
This is 1: Blue Sea Slug
More at the link
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The link to humans and the food chain each of these species represents should make people understand just how acidification is affecting us as well.
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..:: "Every day, 70 MILLION TONS of CO2 are released into Earth's atmosphere. ( remaining in the atmosphere for thousands of years )
..:: "Every day, 20 MILLION TONS of that CO2 are absorbed into the OCEANS, thereby increasing the overall ACIDITY of the OCEANS.
By 2100, Ocean acidity will increase another 150 to 200 hundred percent.
This is a dramatic change in the acidity of the oceans. And it has a serious impact on our ocean ecosystems; in particular, it has an impact on any species of calcifying organism that produces a calcium carbonate SHELL.
- http://www.ClimateWatch.NOAA.gov/video/2010/origin-impacts-ocean-acidification---
..:: "These are changes that are occurring far too fast for the oceans to correct naturally, said Dr Richard Feely with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
..:: "Fifty-five million years ago when we had an event like this (and that took over 10,000 years to occur), it took the oceans over 125,000 years to recover, just to get the chemistry back to normal," he told BBC News.
..:: "It took two to 10 million years for the organisms to re-evolve, to get back into a normal situation.
..:: "So what we do over the next 100 years will have implications for ocean ecosystems from tens of thousands to millions of years. That's the implication of what we're doing to the oceans right now."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17088154
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http://ecodelmar.org/phytoplankton
- it's now or never...
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On Discovery HD they have a special on the Oceans that is very educational. The big concern the scientist and oceanographers have is the major changes happening in all the oceans due to climate change. I'm am also really concerned about what the effect of the Japanese nuclear reactor meltdowns will have on the food chain in the Pacific Ocean.
Thanks for the post Jan, sorry I'm always late to the party, but time zone differences will do that.
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JanforGore
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http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/ocean-conservation/10-marine-species-brink-...
10: Clown Fish.
New movie coming out about the human impact on oceans: Killing Nemo
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JanforGore
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JanforGore
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http://current.com/technology/93630397_oceans-have-acidified-more-in-the-last-20...
We are impacting this planet. Denying will not get us through this.
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http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/1582-jellyfish-invasions-force-shutdowns-3-s...
In the Gulf of Mexico's densest jelly swarms, there are more jellyfish than there is water. More than 100 jellies may jam each cubic meter of water.
CREDIT: Dauphin Island Sea LabA nuclear power plant on the coast of Israel was forced to shut down this week when its seawater cooling system became clogged with jellyfish. A similar incident temporarily disabled two nuclear reactors at the Torness power station on the Scottish coast last week. A week before, a reactor in Shimane, Japan was crippled by yet another jellyfish infiltration.
Amid speculation that warm waters and ocean acidification — both driven by climate change — are boosting jellyfish populations, are these three incidents signs of a growing trend?"
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JanforGore
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http://pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year...
This was from a couple years ago. I am astounded by the size of these jellyfish. These are jelly monsters.
This is what happens with overfishing and the masacre of other species of our oceans as well.
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http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/12/08/Fla-jellyfish-invasion-killed-fish/UP...
Incidences of jellyfish invasions have been occurring more frequently. Will we cede the oceans to jellyfish through our own actions?
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JanforGore:
Thanks for taking the time to share all this important information!
I'm reading a book "Bottomfeeder: How The Fish On Our Plates Is Killing Our Planet" which states, "At a time when many of the fish we take for granted are on the verge of extinction, we may have to face the fact that soon the only thing left on our plates will be a jellyfish sandwich." - 4 months ago
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coolplanet:
So true. Nature is screaming at us and we have our fingers in our ears screaming lalalalalala.
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