Ocean Acidification

Effects of the increase of CO2 on marine ecosystems

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Ocean
• climate
• change
• ecosystems
• sea
• marine
• global
• warming
• coral
• copepods

[TRUMPHENT]

Great video. Coral is the canary in the oceanic coal mine. More people need to become aware of this.

[opendoorworld]

... as i understand this... if the new findings related to "ocean acidification" are accurate... and acidification is increasing exponentially... then indeed by the end of this century we could loose vast amounts of phytoplankton... and about half of the oxygen that even republicans depend on...

[listen2meokidoki]

@EmptyGazeofAffection What we do know is that Coal & Oil are deposits of carbon & hydro-carbons. Burning it, and all those wonderful compounds is burning carbon that was once sequestered, WITHOUT the OXYGEN. Sequestering CO2 robs Oxygen from the atmosphere. I need assurance Oxygen is somehow replenished. Or are we breathing inside a very large, but not infinite, brown paper bag? Or should we simply ask CO2 deniers to go set fire to ALL the coal seams & oil wells because nothing will happen.

[SocratesTheGadfly]

@EmptyGazeofAffection since you are obviously an academic, maybe you should check out the following link and explain to all

[tomtheginger]

Er......Yeah, Socrates.......you idiot!

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

@SocratesTheGadfly before glaciation occurs there is always a high CO2 conc. upto 270ppmv during the interglacial.... then during the glacial cycle CO2 rapidly declines. Yet CO2 conc. today is at 390ppmv (2010)

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

THE BELOW COMMENTS ARE IN RESPONSE TO @SocratesTheGadfly I FORGOT TO OUT THEM ON ¬¬

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

tors and other biochemical interactions, which will effect economices of 1/3 of the world populous that rely upon fish and eocsystem services of ocean

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

play a role in effecting the worlds temperature if you look at said papers upon paelothermometry. Just to get my point across again yes milancovich variations predict glactions/intergalctions however variations in GHGs are a factor as well as previous mentioned influences in altering the climate. Seen as a secondary problem as mentioned below CO2 may implicate CO3 buffering and increase H+ within surface waters, lacking CO3 will impliment calcifying organisms as well as interfere with a-b regula

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

will cost the world 20% GDP, if climate chnage is mitigated it will cost the world GDP 1 - 4%. Enough talk of humanity its kinda pointless... But raised CO2 will impact life and incraese insolation you cannot deny that, well you actually have... your commenting on a video about how increased CO2 is effecting biological processes of mairne organisms whilst refering to the malancovich variations which makes no sense. However yeah milanchovich variations do coincide with glacaitions but GHGs also

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

i've already stated how CO2 behaviours during glaciations and interglacial cycles, also i have voiced that milancovich variations are able to predict to some extent when such events will occur, yet you still miss the point that it should take thousands of years to have a level of pCO2 that we ascertain today, if you read the stern review such an incraese in temperature and secondary effects of GHGs provide little time for antrhopogenic and ecological adaptation to climate perturbation that

[EmptyGazeofAffection]

@SocratesTheGadfly for the dramatic increase in CO2 which is almost exponential adnd usually GHGs are greatest during deglaciation thus coincide with warming not during the middle of an interglacial cycle....