Amount of CO2 being sucked away by Earth 'has doubled in 50 years'
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[quote]I have a really hard time believing this, and ask myself how they mesured it.
Also why nobody in the fishery's has "noticed"it.[/quote]
why don't you go look at the source listed in the image if you want to critique how they measured it
and overfishing is a well known problem
Good thing I dislike fish.
[QUOTE=The DooD;37080949]Good thing I dislike fish.[/QUOTE]
Buddy, fish make the world go round.
[QUOTE=Vollybomb;37081040]Buddy, fish make the world go round.[/QUOTE]
Says the dolphin.
[QUOTE=taipan;37080318]
I have a really hard time believing this, and ask myself how they mesured it.
Also why nobody in the fishery's has "noticed"it.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_the_Atlantic_northwest_cod_fishery[/url]
[url]http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080502120306.htm[/url]
they've "noticed" it alright
Well, if anything this means that water'll become a bit more acidic, which is a big deal for sea-dwelling lifeforms; massive deal for some microorganisms though they'll probably adapt since they breed and evolve like crazy, what with their rapid lives. Well, they'll adapt faster than most macroorganisms, since [B]their[/B] lifespans are longer than those of the microbes.
Nonetheless, bad things are happening; at this point nuclear is probably better than fossil fuels, though to be fair it's probably been better for a long time, ever since nuclear safety became massive. In regards to planes, trains and automobiles, all I can say is Roll On Hydrogen Cars. All we really need is reliable hydrogen storage, or even microbe-based fuel cells, and they'd work out.
I got it! All we have to do is find the straw the Earth is using to consume all this CO2 and plug it with something!
I think Batman or Ironman will create a machine that eats all the CO2 and turns it into candy or something and we don't need to worry about anything. Infact, more CO2 means more candy!
We all can't live forever. Wouldn't it be insane if the human race was the next big race to get wiped out and another one takes over? Kinda like the dinosaurs.
For anyone who says CO2 in the water is a good thing:
CO2 + H2O <--> H2CO3
that's carbonic acid. The ocean is slightly basic so if too much CO2 enters the ocean the pH will lower and things will begin to die.
[QUOTE=Bledrix;37084008]We all can't live forever. Wouldn't it be insane if the human race was the next big race to get wiped out and another one takes over? Kinda like the dinosaurs.[/QUOTE]
no, but it'd be pretty pathetic, looking at how we're supposed to be the smartest creatures this planet (and potentially, this universe) has ever spawned
[QUOTE=download;37075147]More CO2 in the atmosphere means plants (particularly sea plants) might grow faster, meaning there is more of them, so the absorb even more CO2...
Just a hypothesis[/QUOTE]
Wait guys, he has [URL="http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr/13/c013p149.pdf"]Scientific Proof.[/URL] (Page 157)
[QUOTE=download;37075147]More CO2 in the atmosphere means plants (particularly sea plants) might grow faster, meaning there is more of them, so the absorb even more CO2...
Just a hypothesis[/QUOTE]
The additional CO2 in the atmosphere has a negligible effect on plant growth
A good way to test that hypothesis is to check the rings on the trees
one ring for every year and wider rings=better year of growth
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