Climate change

[buctootim]

I agree with you that it's an important topic we must consider. However it's not at all clear cut and there exists little evidence that increased co2 levels will cause unprecedented acidification or cause real damage. There exists some tenuous evidence (observation of certain aquatic life near volcanic areas, etc.) that suggests certain species will be less healthy, but will continue to reproduce. However, even then we are talking about 200-300 years into the future under the assumption we will continue to pump out co2 all that time.

 

These articles may be of interest:

 

http://co2science.org/subject/o/oceanacidification.php

 

I agree that acidification is a slow process - decades through to centuries, but equally the natural processes to reverse it will take hundreds to thousands of years.

 

The research outlined in your link above was primarily on species higher up the food chain like cod - which as far as I know, nobody is claiming will be affected yet. The effects will be felt first at the bottom of the food chain - the building blocks many other species depend upon.

 

This is a very good FAQ link

http://www.whoi.edu/OCB-OA/FAQs/

Edited 8 March, 2010 by buctootim

[alpine_saint]

More evidence about the hidden agenda and utter uselessness of scientists...

 

On the BBC today, a report that the Large Hardon Collider in Geneva has to be shut-down for a year (and god knows how many billion Euros funding) to address design flaws which mean it cannot fulfill its purpose.

 

Are we really supposed to believe this was an oversight ?

 

The scientific community are a self-fulfilling joke.

[buctootim]

More evidence about the hidden agenda and utter uselessness of scientists...

 

On the BBC today, a report that the Large Hardon Collider in Geneva has to be shut-down for a year (and god knows how many billion Euros funding) to address design flaws which mean it cannot fulfill its purpose.

 

Are we really supposed to believe this was an oversight ?

 

The scientific community are a self-fulfilling joke.

 

I know. The internet, space travel, antibiotics, mobile phones, high speed trains, sat nav, MRI scans, anti-lock brakes, organ transplants and anti-depressants. All ********, especially the last one which doesnt seem to work at all.

[saintfully]

I know. The internet, space travel, antibiotics, mobile phones, high speed trains, sat nav, MRI scans, anti-lock brakes, organ transplants and anti-depressants. All ********, especially the last one which doesnt seem to work at all.

 

 

 

Meh. Scientists... what have they ever done for us.