[HN Gopher] The Ocean Is Struggling to Breathe, Too ___________________________________________________________________ The Ocean Is Struggling to Breathe, Too Author : dnetesn Score : 49 points Date : 2020-09-06 11:14 UTC (11 hours ago) (HTM) web link (oceans.nautil.us) (TXT) w3m dump (oceans.nautil.us) | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-09-06 23:00 UTC)