Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish alive by the millions

Re:Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish ... by ttul on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:20PM (#27797160)

I was just at one of those beaches. Dead muscles dominate the landscape by the million. One can only imagine the impact this is having on the intertidal sea life and the land life that depend upon it, such as birds.

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Re:Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish ... by BrianOnHN on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:47PM (#27797305)

In Tampa bay, red tide is already[1] killing literally tons[2] of fish per day. How long can this last without a complete collapse of the ocean ecosystems?

[1] https://www.fox13news.com/news/red-tide-temporarily-closes-s...

[2] https://www.fox13news.com/news/in-one-day-nine-tons-of-dead-...

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Re:Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish ... by stuntkite on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:30AM (#27799302)

I'm pretty sure what we are seeing in very rapid real time is the collapse of not just the ocean ecosystem but all of them. It does appear that the time to turn around what we are doing was.... a while ago.

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Re:Crushing heat wave in Pacific Northwest cooked shellfish ... by cmurf on Saturday July 10, 2021 @08:02PM (#27797367)

Oceans provide a huge amount of food. How long can humans manage even a partial collapse of the ocean ecosystem before there's a cascading collapse of civil society?

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