Newfie wrote:Dis,
Do I remember correctly that some time ago you were one arguing with acid about the Arctic methane bomb.
Are you now of a different opinion?
onlooker wrote:Isn't DISS, the surface ocean anoxic regime one of the main culprits that drove the extinction process of the "Great Dying" of some 250 million years ago?
dohboi wrote:plenty of freight trains to go around these days, but this ocean feedback dis is talking about is definitely a big one.
The amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water -- an important measure of ocean health -- has been declining for more than 20 years, reveals a new analysis of decades of data on oceans across the globe.
onlooker wrote:Is is the type of effects being observed now that should not allow anyone to be sanguine about the future
http://www.scotsman.com/news/environmen ... -1-4444641
Oceans ‘on verge of mass extinction event’, scientists warn
dohboi wrote:More, I believe, related to what dis was talking about:
Decades of data on world's oceans reveal a troubling oxygen decline
Summary:
The amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water -- an important measure of ocean health -- has been declining for more than 20 years, reveals a new analysis of decades of data on oceans across the globe.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 104346.htm
dohboi wrote:New study confirms the oceans are warming rapidly
Although there’s some uncertainty in the distribution among Earth’s ocean basins, there’s no question that the ocean is heating rapidly
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... ng-rapidly
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