"Ocean Acidification Irreversible On A Timescale Of 10s Of Thousands Of Years" - CBD Report 12/14/09

[hatrack]

The secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) released Monday a major study in collaboration with the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

According to the study, seas and oceans absorb approximately one quarter of the carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and other human activities. As more and more carbon dioxide has been emitted into the atmosphere, the oceans have absorbed greater amounts at increasingly rapid rates.

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"Ocean acidification is irreversible on timescales of at least tens of thousands of years, and substantial damage to ocean ecosystems can only be avoided by urgent and rapid reductions in global emissions of CO2. Attention must be given for integration of this critical issue at the global climate change debate in Copenhagen," said Mr. Ahmed Djoghlaf, executive secretary of the convention.

"This CBD study provides a valuable synthesis of scientific information on the impacts of ocean acidification, based on the analysis of more than 300 scientific literatures, and it describes an alarming picture of possible ecological scenarios and adverse impacts of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity," he added. Among other findings, the study shows that increasing ocean acidification will mean that by 2100 some 70 percent of cold water corals, a key refuge and feeding ground for commercial fish species, will be exposed to corrosive waters.

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[tabatha]

1. I wonder what it will take for people to wake up.

Wish you had a journal with all of your entries in one place.

[hatrack]

2. But if I did, even light waves could not escape the Impending Doom (TM)

I wouldn't want to throw the planet's orbit off - God knows things are screwed up enough already!

:toast:

[kestrel91316]

3. I sure am glad our problems are because the sun occasionally gets hotter,

and not because of anything foolish that we humans have done.

[hatrack]

4. Yes, quite a relief, isn't it?

:eyes:

[tabatha]

6. Yep, the occasionally hotter sun

spews CO2 in our direction, and it falls into the oceans, and that is why they are more acidic.

I wonder why the deniers have not measured the CO2 emitted by the sun.

(Does this need a sarcasm tag?)

[beardown]

5. Egads. the conspiracy grows even larger.

So now the global warming hoax conspiracy has added the Convention on Biological Diversity and the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre to their evil cabal which wants to take away our Hummers and light bulbs. Besides, who cares if the oceans are more acidic? I saw a Discovery episode that showed that all of the oceans on the planet froze and we still turned out okay.

I understand how the global warming hoaxsters got the CBD and the WCMC to join in their cover up. I just haven't figured out how they got the oceans to go along and go more acidic without any human intervention.

[tinrobot]

8. Conspiracy?

A hell of a lot of people are in on that "conspiracy" don't you think?

Do they all meet at the Denny's down the street to plan their science and take over the world? Or perhaps Dodger Stadium because it's bigger?

[beardown]

10. Hard to parody flat earthers

Sorry. The line between satire and what the real deniers say is not only thin, it's non-existant. I re-read what I wrote and I saw that the frozen ocean thing was mainstream 'facts' for the deniers. I guess the Hummer and light bulb didn't stand out enough?

[tinrobot]

13. Thanks..

The satire isn't registering these days with all the deniers trolling through here lately.

[kristopher]

7. Oceans? We don't need no stinking oceans!

What are they good for except taking up space where we could be building golf courses and parking lots?

[silverweb]

9. K&R

[Gregorian]

11. That's two new facts I've learned here today. Oh no.

I guess all we can do is watch.

[GliderGuider]

12. As Chauncey Gardner said in the movie "Being There", "I like to watch."

It's like being a witness to an enormous, super-slo-mo train wreck where the front wheels of the locomotive have just left the rails.