In a post from Keiran Kelly of Ocean Integrity, fishermen have their finger on the pulse of ocean life and fish stocks. Fish all over the world are stunted to around 10% of their normal size. Its going to take the academics 10 years to catch up to the fact that the entire marine ecosystem may be about to collapse.
https://lnkd.in/eXxZbqEK
NASA describes the unprecedented heating affect and record temperatures as ocean fever. https://lnkd.in/eBE5NmAp
The world’s oceans are terribly sick, but even deep water fish and marine life not subject to high temperatures are in trouble and experiencing the same issues. The food for all fish and marine life is derived from phytoplankton plants and zooplankton animals that live near the surface. Plants and animals are sensitive to microplastics and partially combusted carbon that is loaded with lipophilic toxic chemicals. The particles act like sponges to adsorb and concentrate the chemicals, the particles are then consumed by plankton, and the plankton by fish.
The root of the ocean food chain and planetary life support system is poisoned. More than 80% of all industrial and municipal waste water from 8 billion people is dumped into our rivers and oceans with no treatment. For these chemicals, dilution is not the solution to pollution.
55% of the oceans are now green due to dinoflagellates, many of which are toxic. https://lnkd.in/eW59dWfm
Everyting that we have reported in https://lnkd.in/ev6_2cXN is happening, but much faster than we predicted, this is why we have changed the dinoflagellate curve on the graph, to reflect the new data.
If we are correct, and pollution is the root cause of ecosystem destruction, then effluent treatment will help. If we are wrong, then it can not be stopped, and the consequences over the next few years will be far more serious than climate change.
