Now, before you switch off, this is not some touchy feely, greenie, tree hugging, leftist piece. Here are some hard facts that we all should be somewhat concerned about.
The worlds oceans have been dying over the last 20 years, they have probably been doing it for longer but we only have data for the last 20 years. Their productivity is diminishing and there are no prizes for guessing where most of the damage is being done; the high population, high technology zones of the earth. In an interesting paper NASA, which is hardly renowned for its leftist greenie politics, has released images documenting the decline. Sea productivity is measured by the rate at which it is binding carbon, that is the activity of plant life, on which all other sea lift depends.
To save formatting problems for my 800x600 readers, click continue reading to view the evidence.
If you are in a hurry then simply click here to watch the sea dying.
If you want more detail view the research at NASA here.
Here is a map of net productivity of the oceans in 1997-2002
Now compare it with net productivity in 1979-1986
The differences are mainly near big population and industry. They are clearly identified in this comparison.
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