Q. The size of the growing dead zone in the Gulf: The article states that the dead zone in the Gulf was 8, 000 square miles, nearly the size of New Jersey in July 2008; I would like to know what was its projected size for July 2010?
Q. Different news articles/videos in 2008 claim that there was a growing dead zone the size of New Jersey 8,000 square miles and in these articles/videos some researchers claim to believe that it is due to pollution from the Mississippi, how conclusive was that finding?
Q. There are several articles on the acidification of the oceans as early as 2004 claiming that the rising CO2 levels leading to global warming are also leading to the acidification of the oceans, could the growing Gulf dead zone have been caused by the acidification of the oceans?
- One article claims the oceans are more acidic than they have been for 800, 000 years, is this also the EPA's finding?
- One video with Philippe Cousteau claims the reefs in this region were already a dead zone, have the coral reefs in this region been affected by the acidification of the oceans?
- One video with Sigourney Weaver claims the oysters were already affected in the Northern regions and so is the Plankton, were the shell species like the shrimp, oysters, and Plankton in the Gulf affected by the acidification of the oceans?
- Are ocean acidity levels or the effects of the acidification of the oceans higher in the Southern waters like the Gulf region?
- One article claims that rising CO2 levels could cause grave harm to important marine ecosystems as CO2 concentrations reach 450 ppm and above, what are these current concentrations?
- One article claims the oceans could reach a carbon-saturation point and this would contribute to global warming, with record warm heat wave temperatures in 2010 and record warm water temperatures in 2010, has this saturation been reached or what is the carbon-saturation point and when will it be reached?
Q. You mentioned "Environmental Terrorism", in 2008 there was a dead zone the size of new Jersey 8, 000 square miles that was growing and I believe it was due to the acidification of the oceans from fossil fuel burning, given this fact do you believe that this oil spill could be an act of terrorism or to coverup the effects of fossil fuel burning, the acidification of the oceans?
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Q. The size of the growing dead zone in the Gulf: The article states that the dead zone in the Gulf was 8, 000 square miles, nearly the size of New Jersey in July 2008; I would like to know what was its projected size for July 2010?
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The journal Science published a study last week revealing that there are more than 400 dead zones around the globe, double the number found by the United Nations two years ago.
One of the major dead zones is in the Gulf of Mexico. It is 8,000 square miles, nearly the size of New Jersey, according to the marine consortium's annual measurement completed in July.
"You just gotta keep going miles and miles and miles, and hopefully you'll run into something," he said. "The fuel costs are so high, it's just not feasible to get out there unless you can catch a boatload, really make any money out of it."
So, many boats are idle. Others are staying away from their home port in Grand Isle, Louisiana, a disaster for seafood processor Dean Blanchard, who buys shrimp from fishermen.
"All my boats have to go somewhere else to make a living. It's a shame," Blanchard said.
"This is the prime shrimping ground in the country right here, and it shut us down. It just shut us down. It's unreal."
All About Environmental Policy • Gulf of Mexico
Find this article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/08/18/dead.zone/index.html?iref=allsearch
August 2008 Video
"This is the prime shrimping ground in the country right here, and it shut us down. It just shut us down. It's unreal." - August 2008
One of the major dead zones is in the Gulf of Mexico. It is 8,000 square miles, nearly the size of New Jersey, according to the marine consortium's annual measurement completed in July.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=404342542199
Q. Different news articles/videos in 2008 claim that there was a growing dead zone the size of New Jersey 8,000 square miles and in these articles/videos some researchers claim to believe that it is due to pollution from the Mississippi, how conclusive was that finding?
Q. There are several articles on the acidification of the oceans as early as 2004 claiming that the rising CO2 levels leading to global warming are also leading to the acidification of the oceans, could the growing Gulf dead zone have been caused by the acidification of the oceans?
- One article claims the oceans are more acidic than they have been for 800, 000 years, is this also the EPA's finding?
- One video with Philippe Cousteau claims the reefs in this region were already a dead zone, have the coral reefs in this region been affected by the acidification of the oceans?
- One video with Sigourney Weaver claims the oysters were already affected in the Northern regions and so is the Plankton, were the shell species like the shrimp, oysters, and Plankton in the Gulf affected by the acidification of the oceans?
- Are ocean acidity levels or the effects of the acidification of the oceans higher in the Southern waters like the Gulf region?
- One article claims that rising CO2 levels could cause grave harm to important marine ecosystems as CO2 concentrations reach 450 ppm and above, what are these current concentrations?
- One article claims the oceans could reach a carbon-saturation point and this would contribute to global warming, with record warm heat wave temperatures in 2010 and record warm water temperatures in 2010, has this saturation been reached or what is the carbon-saturation point and when will it be reached?
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- August 2004; Royal Society launches investigation into rising acidity of oceans
A study published last year by Livermore National Laboratory in the United States suggested that the projected increases in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may drive ocean pH values, the scale for measuring acidity, to change more rapidly than at any time over the last 25 million years.
However, there are fears that it could particularly affect corals and sea creatures with hard shells. This is because acidification seems to decrease the availability of calcium carbonate from the water - which these creatures use to produce their hard skeletons. Increased acidity may also directly affect the growth and reproduction rates of fish, as well as affecting the plankton populations
"Our oceans may be doubly besieged. The same pollution that we believe is heating the world’s oceans through global warming is also altering their chemical balance.
http://royalsociety.org/News.aspx?id=1257&terms=acidification&fragment=&SearchType=&terms=acidification
- July 2005; Carbon emissions threaten sea life - CNN
Those changes could also contribute directly to global warming if the carbon-saturated oceans reach a point when they can no longer soak up any further emissions from the atmosphere.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/07/04/oceans.acid/index.html?iref=allsearch
- June 2005; Cuts in carbon dioxide emissions vital to stem rising acidity of oceans
According to the report, Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, from man's burning of fossil fuels, has already increased the acidity of the world's oceans to a level that is irreversible in our life times(1).
The report says that changes in ocean chemistry, caused by ocean acidification, means that we can predict that some creatures in the Antarctic Ocean will be among the first to be affected. For example, some types of plankton a major source of food for fish and other animals may be unable to make their calcium carbonate shells by 2100.
Professor Raven said: "Basic chemistry leaves us in little doubt that our burning of fossil fuels is changing the acidity of our oceans. And the rate change we are seeing to the ocean's chemistry is a hundred times faster than has happened for millions of years.
Professor Raven said: "The oceans play a vital role in the earth's climate and other natural systems which are all interconnected. By blindly meddling with one part of this complex mechanism, we run the risk of unwittingly triggering far reaching effects."
http://royalsociety.org/News.aspx?id=1304&terms=acidification&fragment=&SearchType=&terms=acidification
- June 2008; New research published on ecological effects of ocean acidication
Ocean acidification, along with climate change, is the most important environmental issues facing the planet. It takes place when rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are absorbed by the ocean leading to lower pH levels in seawater.
We show the dramatic ecological consequences of ocean acidification including the removal of corals, snails and sea urchins and the proliferation of invasive alien algae.
http://royalsociety.org/News.aspx?id=1220&terms=acidification&fragment=&SearchType=&terms=acidification
- June 2009; Ocean acidification must be on the Copenhagen agenda, world’s scientists warn
Ocean acidification is expected to cause massive corrosion of our coral reefs and dramatic changes in the makeup of the biodiversity of our oceans and to have significant implications for food production and the livelihoods of millions of people.
http://royalsociety.org/News.aspx?id=1023&terms=acidification&fragment=&SearchType=&terms=acidification
- June 2009; Inter-Academy Panel statement on Ocean Acidification
the rapidity and irreversibility of the changes in ocean chemistry that have occurred as a direct result. The oceans are now more acidic than they have been for 800,000 years.
Acknowledge that ocean acidification is a direct and real consequence of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, is already having an effect at current concentrations, and is likely to cause grave harm to important marine ecosystems as CO2 concentrations reach 450 ppm and above;
Recognise that reducing the build up of CO2 in the atmosphere is the only practicable solution to mitigating ocean acidification;
http://royalsociety.org/Report_WF.aspx?pageid=7878&terms=acidification&fragment=&SearchType=&terms=acidification
- May 2010; Record warm water temperatures leading to hurricane season [HQ]
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=401879067199
- May 2010; Global Warming: Heat Wave and Hottest April on Record [HQ]
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=398966862199
- Sigourney Weaver on the acidification of the oceans
Northern Oysters are already in difficaulty and Plankton already affected by 30% resulting in less reproduction.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=401706552199
- Bill Maher Interviews Ecologist Philippe Cousteau On The Gulf [HQ]
The Florida Keys the 3rd longest barrier reef is already a dead zone and 90% of the large fish like tuna are already gone.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=401070682199
Q. You mentioned "Environmental Terrorism", in 2008 there was a dead zone the size of new Jersey 8, 000 square miles that was growing and I believe it was due to the acidification of the oceans from fossil fuel burning, given this fact do you believe that this oil spill could be an act of terrorism or to coverup the effects of fossil fuel burning, the acidification of the oceans?
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