Warming oceans are leading to extensive acidification.A recently published study provides the first direct evidence of increased levels of carbon dioxide absorption from climate change that have led to acidification across an entire ocean basin.
Led by Dr. Robert Byrne of the University of Southern Florida, the research analyzed the pH of Pacific seawater over a 15-year period from Oahu, Hawaii to Kodiak, Alaska in the USA.
The scientists found that CO2 levels were increasing down to half-mile depths, with only the deepest ocean waters containing levels that were unchanged.
Dr. Byrne stated that the study leaves no doubt about the danger posed by acidification to the world’s oceans, saying, “If this happens in a piece of ocean as big as a whole… basin, then this is a global phenomenon.”
Dr. Byrne and fellow University of Southern Florida scientists, our thanks for the further revealing of global warming’s effect on the fragile marine environment.
Let us all step toward sustainable measures to protect our planet while there is still time. At a May 2009 videoconference in Togo, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke, as on previous occasions, of the critical situation of the world’s oceans and the need for humanity’s better stewardship on Earth.
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Balanced marine ecosystems are extremely important, as more than two-thirds of the planet is covered by oceans. They provide half of the world’s oxygen and play a major part in regulating the global climate.
So, life on Earth truly depends very much on the ocean for survival. In addition, oceans also absorb atmospheric CO2 – carbon dioxide – which directly helps to cool our planet.
From the oceans themselves, we are seeing warming temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing acidification and terrible levels of pollution. So global warming is affecting the oceans, which in turn is affecting the fish. This is an equally urgent situation as the one presented by livestock industry, and it has the exact same solution.
Stop eating the flesh; stop killing for food; stop eating the fish. This will help restore the balance of both the ocean and land, immediately.
http://www.physorg.com/news183231158.htmlhttp://www.marine.usf.edu/PDFs-and-DOCs/Quantum_Leaps_Byrne.pdfBremen introduces “Veggie Thursday.” The picturesque city in northwest Germany has become the first municipality to introduce a weekly Veggie Day. The campaign has taken its cues from the success of a similar program in Gent, Belgium where schools, restaurants and citizens are all participating.
The German “Veggie Thursday” initiative has received the endorsement of Bremen’s mayor, Mr. Jens Böhrnsen; its environmental chief, Dr. Reinhard Loske and a broad-base of consumer and environmental groups.
Along with its health benefits, campaign organizers state that if 550,000 Bremen citizens stop eating meat for just 52 days in the year, they can prevent the CO2 emissions of 40,000 cars.
Bravo, “Veggie Thursday” organizers and Bremen citizens on your adoption of this wholesome trend! Surely such noble examples as yours will continue to spread, with more and more communities joining in the life-saving veg lifestyle.
http://www.evana.org/index.php?id=52632〈=enhttp://www.taz.de/1/nord/artikel/1/bremen-propagiert-veggiday/ http://www.extremnews.com/nachrichten/natur-und-umwelt/656912d8c2bd91fFollowing a recent extreme cold spell in the Florida Keys, USA, Nature Conservancy scientists discover vast losses of coral reefs, which they say will take hundreds of years to recover, along with countless sea turtles, eels and parrotfish found perished on the ocean floor.
http://www.physorg.com/news184044612.htmlPhilippine Senator Ed Angara promotes the benefits of vegetarian fare for the environment as he announces the launch of a program to include more vegetables in the diet, a campaign that addresses both malnutrition and climate change.
http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/241088/go-green-eat-green http://www.edangara.com/Surgeons, technicians and volunteers from more than six organizations combine their skills to remove what are likely to be pollution-borne tumors from the eyes and fins of 35 rare wild sea turtles, to restore the animals’ health and natural life.
http://www.wptv.com/content/news/southpbc/bocaraton/story/Turtle-surgery-pollution-gumbo-limbo-ritchie/8t3cTE5tNkCvZqvA-KHUTg.cspxMore governments join in emission reduction commitments under the Copenhagen Accord, including a 26% reduction by 2020 for Indonesia, up to 20% for New Zealand and 100% for the Maldives.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-02/01/c_13158697.htm http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601130&sid=akJYV_D2MY5g http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/01/31/1901s546914.htm
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