Earth’s Oceans On Brink Of Mass Extinction In One Generation

Posted by JacobSloan on July 27, 2011

Clear the ocean of all of those pesky fish, and then we can put all sorts of cool things down there. Via the Independent:

The speed and rate of degeneration of the oceans is far faster than anyone has predicted; many of the negative impacts identified are greater than the worst predictions; the first steps to globally significant extinction may have already begun.

The world’s oceans are faced with an unprecedented loss of species comparable to the great mass extinctions of prehistory, a major report suggests today.

The seas are degenerating far faster than anyone has predicted, the report says, because of the cumulative impact of a number of severe individual stresses, ranging from climate warming and sea-water acidification, to widespread chemical pollution and gross overfishing.

The coming together of these factors is now threatening the marine environment with a catastrophe “unprecedented in human history”, according to the report, from a panel of leading marine scientists.
Not only are there severe declines in many fish species, to the point of commercial extinction in some cases, and an “unparalleled” rate of regional extinction of some habitat types, such as mangrove and seagrass meadows, but some whole marine ecosystems, such as coral reefs, may be gone within a generation.

The report says: “Increasing hypoxia [low oxygen levels] and anoxia [absence of oxygen, known as ocean dead zones], combined with warming of the ocean and acidification, are the three factors which have been present in every mass extinction event in Earth’s history.

Read the rest from the Independent

Posted in: Biology, Environment, Fish, Marine Life, Oceans, Pollution, Science

Andrew

“Who’s to say we can’t come up with our own new way of living? One that
works for the year 2011, and the society we are trying to create,
instead of this big, bulky, industrial-aged machine we call a
government? People have done it before,”

No he doesn’t.
Andrew

“No one care the pastor touched you…”

Sounds like a sociopath.
Andrew

I
don’t think either the state nor individuals should be prohibited from
owning and controlling means of production, nor that either should have a monopoly on all means of production. The major problems are that the
“creation” of money is now seen as primary to actual production (cart
before horse) and that economists don’t subtract from the GNP.
Nuggett

“making your mark”….what the fuck are you on about?
Anonymous

I was right there with you until your last statement. I’m going to guess you don’t know too many women if you actually believe that.

I guarantee you put me (a mature woman) and any number of random men in the forest on our own with only the tools we can make or steal or scavenge, I will always come out alive at the end where a good number of those men will not. Why? Because I know what the hell I’m doing and what I have to do to survive. Most _people_ in our society, of BOTH genders, wouldn’t know how to do even basic things like build a shelter or start a fire or which berries are safe to eat, because they have no reason to know. Society takes care of that for them (if they can pay). Women are just as capable in the wild as men — which is to say some of them will do just fine and some of them won’t be able to hack it.
Anonymous

Correct, “climate change” can’t be refuted since the climate has never been static (although they would like you to believe that it should be) meaning that it always changes.

The ocean “acidification” is another misnomer (or intentional fear-mongering misdirection) since the ocean is alkaline and at worst it is becoming less alkaline, but hasn’t actually become acidic (it’s roughly 8.14 on the pH scale and you have to go below 7 to be acidic).
Hadrian999

I wasn’t trying to say nothing would work merely that what we have tried doesn’t, we need new ideas that will work with human nature while we work to progress, my biggest problem with anarchy is that I believe it would morph into feudalism. we need to progress forward but in a sustainable way or we are done for.
Hadrian999

i don’t mean they can’t just that without the products afforded by modern life they wouldn’t be very appealing
Hadrian999

i don’t mean they can’t just that without the products afforded by modern life they wouldn’t be very appealing
Anonymous

i wasn’t trying to imply you didn’t accept a socialist framework. I do understand your concerns. i am very into municipalism at the moment, and it does make sense to me. perhaps a bit sci fi but seems like an appropriate solution for a multitude of frameworks.

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Strangers_In_a_Tangled_Wilderness__Post-Civ___A_Brief_Philosophical_and_Political_Introduction_to_the_Concept_of_Post-civilization.html

this is where i’m at.
Anonymous

The green revolution was a total farce.

The number of poor and very poor has risen dramatically despite (quoteunquote) industrial agro.
Anonymous

LOL hadrian- can o worms. can o worms.
Hadrian999

if all you do is survive and never changed the character of the world in some way you may as well have never loved, build a movement, carve out an empire, create some cultural work, trying and failing at least has some nobility but regressing and living like some animal is a waste of potential and that is the only real sin
Apossiblesolution

People, people, people, PEOPLE. It’s called a Resource Based Economy. These problems will never, ever ever cease and desist in a monetary based economy where self interest and greed are built in aspects of the system. Do as much research as you can on an RBE. This system advocates the intelligent application of technology for total earth environmental reclamation before we hit the point of no return, and would equal a cataclysmically higher standard of living for the entire earth population.
The main advocate of this system is Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project, and his work can be show cased in the latest Zeitgeist: Moving Forward - watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
If you don’t have enough time to watch the full movie, here is a condensed version of the new system we advocate – /watch?v=4mkRFCtl2MI
Apossiblesolution

People, people, people, PEOPLE. It’s called a Resource Based Economy. These problems will never, ever ever cease and desist in a monetary based economy where self interest and greed are built in aspects of the system. Do as much research as you can on an RBE. This system advocates the intelligent application of technology for total earth environmental reclamation before we hit the point of no return, and would equal a cataclysmically higher standard of living for the entire earth population.
The main advocate of this system is Jacque Fresco of the Venus Project, and his work can be show cased in the latest Zeitgeist: Moving Forward - watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w
If you don’t have enough time to watch the full movie, here is a condensed version of the new system we advocate – /watch?v=4mkRFCtl2MI
Resourcebasedeconomy

This is just another great example of why the world NEEDS Resource Based Economy. Damn shame.
Smoog

I’m indoors most of the time, thanks to work and retreating home from work – to rest so I can be fit for more work. I feel like a caged animal in civilisation. I want to live like a human, outside, like we did pre 10,000 years ago, pre-domestication.

Oh what a life of luxury, to be like an Apeman. I’m an Apeman. I look out the window and I can’t see the sky, the air pollution is a fookin’ up my eyes. Come on and love me, be my Apeman girl, and we be so happy, in our Apeman world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlM52fUrNz4
http://voxmagi-necessarywords.blogspot.com/ VoxMagi

To break away from the doomsayers…the ocean will survive…and life will thrive in it…whats at stake is what kind of life and will it be of any use to us? Jellyfish don’t make the greatest dish…so working to reduce the disposal and impact of runoff, toxins and more would be a nice gesture towards preventing a massive paradigm shift that no one will enjoy.
ANDREWDURRR

Andy you trolling you dbag…
ANDREWDURRR

Andy you trolling you dbag…
Anonymous

lol. anarchy never shills for anything btw.

and solar panels yes they are amazing, but they are NOT “free” in the least. not in terms of resource exploitation and extraction of rare earth minerals and production of the cells is not net zero. the cost of extraction both in terms of environment, labour, and politics is huge.

i think that’s what anarchy was saying.
Anonymous

so you agree in a capitalist world, free energy is a myth?

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