oceans turn to acid
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
October 7, 2009 5:38am CST
a side effect of massive carbon emissions that has been generally ignored while we all concentrate on climate change is the absorption of co2 by the sea. this as you can probably imagine is pretty destructive, apart from anything else it will lead to shells being dissolved with the inevitiable effects on the food chain. would this be something that motivates you to cut down or do you largely forget what happens under the surface?
link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/arctic-seas-turn-to-acid
3 responses
@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
7 Oct 09
this is n't the only one. There is sludge from the manufacture of coal that is causing a big problem now too. A levy broke that held back tons of the stuff and this was in Tennessee. Ugh! I never liked the idea of drinking bottled water but I may change my opinion on that one!
@celticeagle (189880)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Oct 09
I need to get one. Water taste doesn't bother me but it does bother my kids.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
7 Oct 09
Hi JB, swimming in plankton soup. Sounds a bit nasty, and if all those little molluscs are being dissolved by them what on earth are the fish swallowing when they breathe?
Personally I don't think this will cause much interest as it's not on the doorstep but if it hits warmer waters then some interest might be taken.
@tdemex (3540)
• United States
7 Oct 09
I read this yesterday! I'll miss eating crabs! But at 62 how much longer do I have left. My grand kids maybe won't even get to eat any seafood when they get old! But our bad behavior maybe can't be reversed? When we did this we didn't realize at the time the harm we were doing! It's up to the people to put pressure on their governments to try to turn this around, but the greedy right thinkers probably won't allow that to happen? The third world countries will be the hardest to bring around, at least this is what I believe! 
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