Kill the oceans. Kill the planet.

[techs]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_on_sc/coral_death

A one-two punch of bleaching from record hot water followed by disease has killed ancient and delicate coral in the biggest loss of reefs scientists have ever seen in Caribbean waters.

Researchers from around the globe are scrambling to figure out the extent of the loss. Early conservative estimates from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands find that about one-third of the coral in official monitoring sites has recently died.

"It's an unprecedented die-off," said National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Miller, who last week checked 40 stations in the Virgin Islands. "The mortality that we're seeing now is of the extremely slow-growing reef-building corals. These are corals that are the foundation of the reef ... We're talking colonies that were here when Columbus came by have died in the past three to four months."

Some of the devastated coral can never be replaced because it only grows the width of one dime a year, Miller said.



The one ecosystem we can't afford to lose is the oceans.

 

[sMiLeYz]

If all the coral dies in the ocean, humankind would die. Trees don't generate nearly enough oxygen compared to what comes out of vegetation of the ocean. Nevermind global warming. We have to be responsible about what we dump in our waters.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: techs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060330/ap_on_sc/coral_death

A one-two punch of bleaching from record hot water followed by disease has killed ancient and delicate coral in the biggest loss of reefs scientists have ever seen in Caribbean waters.

Researchers from around the globe are scrambling to figure out the extent of the loss. Early conservative estimates from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands find that about one-third of the coral in official monitoring sites has recently died.

"It's an unprecedented die-off," said National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Miller, who last week checked 40 stations in the Virgin Islands. "The mortality that we're seeing now is of the extremely slow-growing reef-building corals. These are corals that are the foundation of the reef ... We're talking colonies that were here when Columbus came by have died in the past three to four months."

Some of the devastated coral can never be replaced because it only grows the width of one dime a year, Miller said.

The one ecosystem we can't afford to lose is the oceans.

Kill Kill Kill as long as it's for the almighty dollar is the Republican Motto.

 

[JacobJ]

Why do we continue to choose to be part of the system that is doing this?

 

[OrganizedChaos]

Originally posted by: JacobJ
Why do we continue to choose to be part of the system that is doing this?

because its not our problem, its our kids problem. just like the baby boomers are content to fvck over my generation(Y) were content to leave our kids and grandkids a dusty baren rock to live on.

sad sad truth.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: JacobJ
Why do we continue to choose to be part of the system that is doing this?

because its not our problem, its our kids problem. just like the baby boomers are content to fvck over my generation(Y) were content to leave our kids and grandkids a dusty baren rock to live on.

sad sad truth.

I think that attitude will eventually go away, as the baby boomers die out. No offense intended to individual boomers, a generation my parents belong to, but as a group they are a bunch of selfish pricks. It's not pure chance that they were hippies back in the day, the concept of "it's not my problem" has simply carried over into a world that doesn't revolve around drugs and not showering.

 

[judasmachine]

Weren't the baby boomers the hippies parents?

WWII (end of) servicemen come home and bang the hell out of their wives, and are promised a good life in the new economic giant america. The resulting explosion in population is called the Baby Boom. These new parents thought that the world was endless, and that economic prosperity was within grasp and damn the consequences. And here we are panning water out of their mighty Titanic.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Rainsford

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: JacobJ
Why do we continue to choose to be part of the system that is doing this?

because its not our problem, its our kids problem. just like the baby boomers are content to fvck over my generation(Y) were content to leave our kids and grandkids a dusty baren rock to live on.

sad sad truth.

I think that attitude will eventually go away, as the baby boomers die out. No offense intended to individual boomers, a generation my parents belong to, but as a group they are a bunch of selfish pricks. It's not pure chance that they were hippies back in the day, the concept of "it's not my problem" has simply carried over into a world that doesn't revolve around drugs and not showering.

I think every new generation thought that of the previous, just as the previous thought the new was going to Hell in a handbasket.

 

[jackschmittusa]

I am a baby boomer, though I was never a hippy. But the hippys were usually activists. Some protested the war, the draft; others worked for civil rights and against excessive government power; and much of the envirnmental movement came from them as well. If you think it was all about drugs and free love, you need a refresher course on "hippy history".

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

This is just sick and disturbing news, and what's even sadder, is that it's not totally unexpected. This is bad news

 

[IdaGno]

Originally posted by: OrganizedChaos

Originally posted by: JacobJ
Why do we continue to choose to be part of the system that is doing this?

because its not our problem, its our kids problem. just like the baby boomers are content to fvck over my generation(Y) were content to leave our kids and grandkids a dusty baren rock to live on.

sad sad truth.

simple solution: DON'T HAVE KIDS!!!!!!!!! human over population has brought about much of this mess in the first place

 

[piasabird]

So are you saying it is our fault what happens in the Carribean. Never been there myself.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yes, it is more than likely our fault, between global warming, and the poisons we dump in the oceans by the billions of gallons, it is our fault. Just because you haven't been to the Carribean, doesn't mean you haven't polluted there. Flush a toilet in NJ, kill some coral in the Carribean, yea, I know that's not true, but you get the idea.

 

[daveymark]

this is all Bush's fault

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: daveymark
this is all Bush's fault

Aye, Bush has submarines down there that launch torpedos at the coral whenever he's really pissed off and points the big red button on his desk.

It's a well kept secret that he became president to kill some coral.

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: piasabird
So are you saying it is our fault what happens in the Carribean. Never been there myself.

yeah you living the typical american way does not have an impact anywhere, but where you are.:roll:

 

[FuzzyBee]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Kill Kill Kill as long as it's for the almighty dollar is the Republican Motto.

You have issues. Please seek counseling.

 

[Duckzilla]

What do expect men to do, walk into disintegration machines? Do you expect someone to throw a great switch somewhere and fix it all?

Get it through your head; 6.5 billion people will have an effect on the Earth no matter what they do and get used to seeing the Earth change, with or without men.

Yes, there are things we can do, but nothing can stop change. There?s too many of us.

 

[judasmachine]

this is where things get muddy. no one has a solution, but we can at the very least stop contributing to the problem as much as we do on a daily basis. just small changes, like carpooling, and turning off lights when they are not needed, and such. These won't make a huge differance per se, but the more we save the better.

 

[Xcobra]

we are all gonna die, just keep that in mind....

 

[Boztech]

Tell me you're not so arrogant as to think anything we do, collectively or individually, is going to "kill the planet." The planet isn't going anywhere... we are. It will heal itself long after we are gone.

 

[judasmachine]

oh absolutely we aren't going to do anything to the rock that is earth, we may just destroy it's ability to support us.