The world’s oceans and all marine life are on the brink of total collapse
Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Australia and New Zealand welcomed the decision to abandon the Antarctic whale hunt, but expressed disappointment that Japan would engage in any killing of the ocean mammals.
Eight years ago, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico devastated communities, wildlife and livelihoods all along the Gulf coast. While dying dolphins and oil-soaked marsh grass dominated the headlines, the human cost was catastrophic. Now, it appears that a new disaster is slowly unfolding that may soon eclipse that horrific event to become the worst environmental disaster in US history.
In 2004, Hurricane Ivan triggered an undersea mudslide that sank an oil platform owned by Taylor Energy. Since then, between 300 and 700 barrels of oil have been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico every day. Let’s put that into perspective. The Deepwater Horizon disaster spilled almost 200m gallons of oil into the Gulf. To date, the Taylor spill has released as much as 140m gallons of oil into the Gulf.
What is even more shocking is that, 14 years since the Taylor oil platform sank, federal officials estimate the uncapped wells could continue polluting the Gulf for decades, perhaps even a century. It is a nightmare scenario that should terrify anyone who cares about the health of the wildlife and people who live along the Gulf coast.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Just because the Disney movie corporation and others have made Whales seem all warm and cuddly does not mean anything from a science or extinction point of view.
dohboi wrote:Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... per-second
Newfie wrote:I think some of the problem is a lot of the plastic is extremely small, too small to be picked up. These guys are trying to get bigger stuff, while they can, before it degrades.
It would be a lot cheaper and make more sense to ban those plastic micro bubble stuff they put in skin cleansers. But, here we are.
heat anomaly is approximately 19.67 x 1022 Joules, a unit measure for heat
Yes quite worth the read.Newfie wrote:An interesting article about some ocean ecosystems I had not know about and how they could be effected by that giant plastic collection device.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc ... on/580693/
vtsnowedin wrote:Yes quite worth the read.Newfie wrote:An interesting article about some ocean ecosystems I had not know about and how they could be effected by that giant plastic collection device.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arc ... on/580693/
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