Mar 11 2009
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“ The Bristol scientists cannot talk about their unpublished results until they are announced later today. But a summary of the findings seen by the Guardian predicts “dangerous” levels of ocean acidification and severe consequences for organisms called marine calcifiers, which form chalky shells. It says: “We find the future rate of surface ocean acidification and environmental pressure on marine calcifiers very likely unprecedented in the past 65 million years.” The scientists add that the situation in the deep sea is of even “greater concern”. The scientists compared the current acidification rate with a giant prehistoric release of greenhouse gas, which geologists know caused widespread extinction of deep water species.
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Back To The Dinosaur Age For The Oceans
Sawickipedia: As skeptical as I am about man’s ability to model the climate when we can’t even model the stock market - something a gazillion times less complex - this is a compelling argument - acidification of the ocean. Wiping out animal life in the oceans no matter how hot or cold it ultimately gets is a bad thing and worth thinking about CO2 more carefully.
