wasp Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I watched an interesting piece in the midday news today, not sure if it was on again at night. There were some lovely reef shots, but the news was bad. Apparently the sea is becoming acid. The reason is that Co2 in the air is increasing, we actually have 20% more Co2 in the air than we did 50 years ago. This is soaking into the sea, and making it more acid. It had not been realised until recently, but this is part of why a lot of reefs are suffering, it is just another stressor on them. The scientist they interviewed said the outlook was bleak, the problem is likely to get a lot worse and may result in mass extinctions of vulnerable species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 I saw that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 Never under-estimate the power of adaptation. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 tell that to the dinosaurs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 aka. Birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted July 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 The adaptation arguement was put forward, however the scientific opinion was that the forecast changes will be too fast to give many species the chance to adapt, hence the likelihood of extinctions. All due to human activity too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 best we get them all in our tanks then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 Don't under estimate the medias need to sensationalise the 'news' to put you into a panic, they always have 'experts' on telling us worse case sceneiros for everything, personaly the chances of much television journalism being corrent or even close are slim. The media has an agenda. I am sure everything will be fine, sure a few species will be made extinct by out use of technology, but with technology comes progress and that brings new tools for us to identify more new species, this returning the ballance. 1 goes away, 1 more gets found. Even. Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted July 2, 2005 Report Share Posted July 2, 2005 It is typical of humans to destroy everything. give it few years and there wont be much left. Progress these days means destruction for animals. Maybe we should ban the imports of coral and fish as most of it dies in tanks anyway. Sensationalised ?? http://www.reefnews.com/reefnews/news/v ... index.html http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/B ... lReefs.asp http://greennature.com/article1301.html http://www.oceansatlas.org/servlet/CDSS ... M3PWluZm8~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RnB Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 imagine the significance and speed of change after a large asteroid impact.... think golf of mexico big....... in some shape or form, something will evolve and adapt to fill any niche..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 1 goes away, 1 more gets found. Even. Pie Children are like that too. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregb Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 My wife has addaped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 from the astroid strike or from the children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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