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Think About Our Oceans

You might want to take a little time this afternoon to peruse a report on the health and future of our oceans. You can choose from the short summary or the long one (both in PDF form). The report was created by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO). The bottom line is that the oceans are absorbing large quantities of carbon dioxide which is causing them to turn into acid. No one wants to swim in an acid bath. The oceans are also warming at a worse-case scenario pace.

I don’t know what we have to do to get people to recognize that climate change is happening, but maybe talking about the oceans and sea-life can help. One byproduct of a more acidic ocean is that it makes it harder to have a shell. Shells will soften, or even dissolve in water that is too acidic. Imagine a world with no shellfish! That might grab someone’s attention. I don’t know, we’re all idiots. From the report:

Technical means to achieve the solutions  to
 many of
 the
 problems
 the
 workshop
 identified
 already
 exist,
 but
 current
 societal
 values
 prevent
 humankind
 from
 addressing
 them
 effectively.
 Overcoming
 these
 barriers
 is
 core
 to
 the
 fundamental
 changes
 needed
 to
 achieve
 a
 sustainable
 and
 equitable
 future
 for
 the
 generations
 to
 come
 and
 which
 preserves
 the
 natural
 ecosystems
 of
 the
 Earth
 that
 we benefit
 from
 and
 enjoy
 today.

Basically greedheads are making it impossible for us to prevent the destruction of marine life. And, you know what comes after that.

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