Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by xapata on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:39PM
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As the oceans absorb CO2, the acidity increases. Not so great for our preferred fish species.
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Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by eru on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @03:07AM
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The acidity of the surface layer increases right now. And that's a big problem.
The mixing I was talking about will take a few thousand years, and I am not sure there's enough air to make a dent in the whole ocean's depths' pH level.
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by BurningFrog on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:44PM
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Probably true, but the fact that we eat all those fish is a far bigger short term problem.
I heard somewhere (rumor alert) that jellyfish and other species we don't like to eat are taking over much of the oceans, since we ate most of the fish.
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by giardini on Sunday November 20, 2016 @01:27PM
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Open a small business harvesting jellyfish. It is already a growth market in Asia and will be a growth market for the next 50 years in many parts of the USA:
"Southern Fishermen Cash In On Asia's Taste For Jellyfish":
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/28/267836803/sou...
"Jelly Balls Harvested by Boone Seafood Darien Georgia":
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by xapata on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:31PM
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It's not just because of fishery collapse. The changing temperature and pH matters, too. Reefs bleaching and all that.
I wouldn't say it's a rumor. Just a possibility as reported by some researchers. Not a consensus, as far as I know, though there was a book about it summarizing the research.