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For the last 20 years we have been reporting on regime shifts and the declining phytoplankton population in the world's oceans. A recent study from Dalhousie University confirms the regime shift; in other words, it is an extinction-level event for the oceans over the next 10 to 20 years, unless we reverse the process. Plymouth Marine Lab have posted that we passed the ocean acidification tipping point 5 years ago; https://lnkd.in/eJCz_eaT and that the oceans are 21% darker https://lnkd.in/eBu8A-rZ
In support of the above, NASA report that the oceans are turning green due to dinoflagellates https://lnkd.in/emS-5vm8. You add all of these points together, and you have your own answer to what's happening.
The oceans directly absorb 30% of our carbon dioxide, and phytoplankton are responsible for up to 80% of all our oxygen.
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The 30% that's absorbed is responsible for causing ocean acidification; the 80% of oxygen produced also means that 80% of our carbon dioxide is sequestered by photosynthesis, and a high percentage of this carbon will end up in the abyss. The abyss is the main carbon bank for the planet; it covers around 60% of the planet's surface, and the organic sediment is 500m to 1000m thick!!!! Yes, that's correct – a one-kilometre-thick layer of organic matter covering more than half the planet sequestered by marine life. In conclusion, most of what we get spoon-fed about the environment would appear to be nonsense.
https://lnkd.in/eNmQD9wQ.
Terrestrial ecology is hugely important, but it is in equilibrium, which means that its net contribution to oxygen production or carbon dioxide sequestration is close to zero. However, in the oceans, the organic matter ends up in the abyss and takes thousands of years to be recycled.
The oceans are therefore our main source of oxygen, carbon dioxide sequestration, and the root of the planetary life support system and food chain. Yet we continue to pollute the oceans with over 80% of the world's untreated municipal waste and toxic industrial discharges.
The solution to pollution is not dilution in the oceans, especially for those chemicals that do not dissolve, such as oil-based lipophilic chemicals, partially combusted carbon and plastic. The chemicals float on the surface and become concentrated on plastic in the SML (surface micro-layer). The SML regulates the planet's humidity, cloud formation and climate. In locations where it is destroyed, the climate will become more and more extreme, such as the Mediterranean, North Sea and South China Seas.
This is a call to action to stop the pollution, regenerate marine life in our oceans and protect our future. The fight to save nature should be the only war because you cannot fight against nature and expect to win.
Bioclimatic climate change https://lnkd.in/ev6_2cXN
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