The oceans are getting warmer — they are, after all, where 90 percent of global warming actually ends up. And when they warm up they expand, because that’s what warm water does. This raises our sea levels, but it also has another effect — it reduces the amount of oxygen dissolved in the water. That’s simply physics: Warmer water contains less oxygen.
Friday, April 29, 2016
Global Warming - The Oceans, Another Take
WaPo: Global warming could deplete the oceans’ oxygen – with severe consequences By Chris Mooney
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There have been times in the distant past where the Ocean's became a huge dead lake where even the air was poisonous to breath. Were heading in that direction if we keep up our present course. It's possible we could be turning this garden planet into a dead swamp that only supports a tiny % of the life on it at present.
Humanity in general is a tiny sliver and blip in the overall scheme of things. We seem to want to narrow that sliver.
Sande, right.
I can't help thinking of how wine is made. The bacteria eat the sugar and piss alcohol until they all die and the beverage becomes stable. No refrigeration necessary.
Well Ed there those that think Aliens are turning the whole planet into a place they can live and we can't.
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