Oceans comprise a sea of troubles

No one fully understands why the cod have not returned to the Grand Banks off Canada, even after 16 years of no fishing. No one quite knows why glaciers and ice shelves are melting so fast, or how a meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet covering six square kilometers could drain away in 24 hours, as it did in 2006. Such unexpected events make scientists nervous.

What can be done to put matters right? The sea, the last part of the world where ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Jan. 9, 2009

as much opinion as special report, it covers a lot of ocean and the damages done with more to come. it summarizes a report of britain's 'most eminent body of scientists' that "it will take tens of thousands of years for ocean chemistry to return....to a preindustrial state." even if this is wrong and we should hope it is, it conveys a strong warning we all need to heed..

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