[HN Gopher] The Ocean Is Struggling to Breathe, Too
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       The Ocean Is Struggling to Breathe, Too
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2020-09-06 11:14 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | sneak wrote:
       | What an utterly tone-deaf and tasteless headline.
        
         | optimalsolver wrote:
         | Not sure why you're being voted down.
         | 
         | That's one of the most facepalm-inducing headlines I've ever
         | seen on here.
        
       | multiplegeorges wrote:
       | The oceans have acted like an enormous damper on our terrible
       | actions.
       | 
       | From absorbing run off leading to hypoxia, sinking plastic to the
       | bottom, and dissolving our excees C02 into the water, the oceans
       | have saved us from the consequences of our actions.
       | 
       | This is going to change at some point. When it does, things will
       | happen quickly and it won't go well for us.
        
       | totetsu wrote:
       | This is the cause of jellyfish population explosions too.
       | https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth103/node/693
        
       | pstuart wrote:
       | This is going to be a big, and horribly unsatisfying "I told you
       | so!"
        
         | rriepe wrote:
         | Or it ends up here: https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-
         | failed-eco-pocalyp...
        
           | pstuart wrote:
           | It's possible but not likely, however, the cost of being
           | wrong is dramatically smaller.
        
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