Dragofix<p>‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/ocean-acidification-planetary-boundary.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecowatch.com/ocean-acidificati</span><span class="invisible">on-planetary-boundary.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a></p>
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earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@atomicker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicker</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Glyn Moody<p>The scientists warning the world about ocean <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> – ‘evil twin’ of the climate crisis - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/09/the-scientists-warning-the-world-about-ocean-acidification-evil-twin-of-the-climate-crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jun/09/the-scientists-warning-the-world-about-ocean-acidification-evil-twin-of-the-climate-crisis</span></a> "until the buildup of CO2 is addressed, the consequences for marine life will be devastating"</p>
earthling<p>Ocean Acidification — Understanding the Effects, Exploring the Solutions by Fabrice Pernet & Frederic Gazeau, 2025</p><p>The authors answer ten key questions on the biogeochemical basis of acidification, on past, current and future trends, on the impact on marine organisms and humans, and finally on remediation measures. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstdoon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstdoon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polluting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Shipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shipwrecks</span></a> Are the Ticking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TimeBomb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeBomb</span></a> at the Bottom of Our <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceans</span></a></p><p>As their structures break down, the wrecks could release toxic substances into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a>.</p><p>December 11, 2024</p><p>"At the bottom of the oceans and seas lie more than 8,500 shipwrecks from two world wars. These wrecks have been estimated to contain as much as 6 billion gallons of oil, as well as munitions, toxic heavy metals and even chemical weapons [and NUCLEAR weapons and materials!].</p><p>"For decades, these wrecks have largely lain out of sight and out of mind. But all this time, their structures have been degrading, inexorably increasing the chances of sudden releases of toxic substances into the marine environment.</p><p>"In parts of the globe, climate change is exacerbating this risk. Rising ocean temperatures, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> and increasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storminess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storminess</span></a> accelerate the breakdown of these wrecks.</p><p>"Of course, wrecks from the world wars are far from the only ones to be found at the bottom of the sea, with many others adding to the problem. The cost of addressing this global issue has been estimated at US$340 billion (£261 billion).</p><p>"How many of these wrecks pose a threat to people’s safety, to coastal communities and to the environment? What can be done – and why haven’t we done it sooner?"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/polluting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/pol</span><span class="invisible">luting-shipwrecks-are-the-ticking-time-bomb-at-the-bottom-of-our-oceans?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNuclearWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNuclearWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicShipwrecks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicShipwrecks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
Mikko Tuomi<p>Research has shown that in addition to warming the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a>, carbon <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> are also leading to warming of the world's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a>.</p><p>But carbon dioxide in the air also increases <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> of the oceans. Such increased acidification has led to problems for a variety of sea <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a>.</p><p>Now a new 3D ocean model shows ocean acidification is moving deeper as atmospheric emissions increase and even more ocean creatures will be affected.</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-3d-ocean-acidification-deeper-atmospheric.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-3d-ocean</span><span class="invisible">-acidification-deeper-atmospheric.html</span></a></p>
Kees van der Leun<p>Bad news from the ocean:<br>Plankton populations, essential to marine ecosystems, are declining due to warming oceans and rising acidification. Plankton also play a key role in climate regulation by trapping carbon in their shells, which sink to the seafloor.<br><a href="https://www.dailyclimate.org/plankton-may-be-unable-to-weather-rising-ocean-temperatures-2669885624.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailyclimate.org/plankton-may-</span><span class="invisible">be-unable-to-weather-rising-ocean-temperatures-2669885624.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/globalwarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalwarming</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> may have breached seven of nine <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/planetary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planetary</span></a> boundaries, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcheck</span></a> shows. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threat</span></a> to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> liveability. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/23/earth-breach-planetary-boundaries-health-check-oceans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/sep/23/earth-breach-planetary-boundaries-health-check-oceans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/seas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seas</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p>The great <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> of shapes of <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/foraminifera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foraminifera</span></a> – These small creatures belong to the group of calcareous <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> organisms, which are especially affected by <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> WorldOceanReview <a href="https://worldoceanreview.com/en/wor-8/the-role-of-the-ocean-in-the-global-carbon-cyclee/how-the-ocean-absorbs-carbon-dioxide/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">worldoceanreview.com/en/wor-8/</span><span class="invisible">the-role-of-the-ocean-in-the-global-carbon-cyclee/how-the-ocean-absorbs-carbon-dioxide/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticRain</span></a> Is the New <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcidRain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcidRain</span></a></p><p>Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain.</p><p>by Matt Simon<br>June 12, 2020</p><p>"Hoof it through the national parks of the western United States—Joshua Tree, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a>, Bryce Canyon—and breathe deep the pristine air. These are unspoiled lands, collectively a great American conservation story. Yet an invisible menace is actually blowing through the air and falling via raindrops: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microplastic</span></a> particles, tiny chunks (by definition, less than 5 millimeters long) of fragmented plastic bottles and microfibers that fray from clothes, all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutants</span></a> that get caught up in Earth’s atmospheric systems and deposited in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wilderness</span></a>.</p><p>"Writing in the journal Science, researchers report a startling discovery: After collecting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainwater</span></a> and air samples for 14 months, they calculated that over 1,000 metric tons of microplastic particles fall into 11 protected areas in the western US each year. That’s the equivalent of over 120 million plastic water bottles. </p><p>"'We just did that for the area of protected areas in the West, which is only 6 percent of the total US area,' says lead author Janice Brahney, an environmental scientist at Utah State University. 'The number was just so large, it's shocking.'</p><p>"It further confirms an increasingly hellish scenario: Microplastics are blowing all over the world, landing in supposedly pure habitats, like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> and the remote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FrenchPyrenees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchPyrenees</span></a>. They’re flowing into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> via <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> and tainting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deepsea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deepsea</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a>, and they’re even ejecting out of the water and blowing onto land in sea breezes. And now in the American West, and presumably across the rest of the world given that these are fundamental atmospheric processes, they are falling in the form of plastic rain—the new acid rain.</p><p>"Plastic rain could prove to be a more insidious problem than acid rain, which is a consequence of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SulfurDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SulfurDioxide</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NitrogenOxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NitrogenOxide</span></a> emissions. By deploying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/scrubbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scrubbers</span></a> in power plants to control the former, and catalytic converters in cars to control the latter, the US and other countries have over the last several decades cut down on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> problem. But microplastic has already corrupted even the most <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RemoteEnvironments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteEnvironments</span></a>, and there’s no way to scrub water or land or air of the particles—the stuff is absolutely everywhere, and it’s not like there’s a plastic magnet we can drag through the oceans. What makes plastic so useful—its hardiness—is what also makes it an alarming pollutant: Plastic never really goes away, instead breaking into ever smaller bits that infiltrate ever smaller corners of the planet. Even worse, plastic waste is expected to skyrocket from 260 million tons a year to 460 million tons by 2030, according to the consultancy McKinsey. More people joining the middle class in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EconomicallyDeveloping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicallyDeveloping</span></a> countries means more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a> and more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlasticPackaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlasticPackaging</span></a>. "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://getpocket.com/explore/item/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">getpocket.com/explore/item/pla</span><span class="invisible">stic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BanPlastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanPlastics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The world’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a> are facing a “triple threat” of extreme heating, a loss of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a>, with extreme conditions becoming far more intense in recent decades and placing enormous stress upon the planet’s panoply of marine life, new research has found."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/04/extreme-heat-oceans-acidification" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/jun/04/extreme-heat-oceans-acidification</span></a></p>
O=C=O<p>State of the Global Climate 2023</p><p>The publication provides a summary on the state of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> indicators in 2023 with sections on key climate indicators, extreme events and impacts. The indicators include global temperatures, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a> concentration, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> heat content, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLevelRise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLevelRise</span></a>, ocean <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Antarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctic</span></a> sea ice, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> ice sheet and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> and snow cover, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precipitation</span></a> and stratospheric <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ozone</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ES7eKWRRJ0o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ES7eKWRRJ0o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://library.wmo.int/idurl/4/68835" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">library.wmo.int/idurl/4/68835</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WMO</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tropical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tropical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reefs</span></a> could end up being one of the first victims of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> change. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> diversity hotspots are threatened by and declining as a result of global warming, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a>, a deterioration of water quality, as well as diseases of reef-building organisms<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environmental</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/10/en10042301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/10/en10042301.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"With climbing atmospheric CO2, huge amounts of this gas are absorbed by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oceans</span></a>, making the waters more and more acidic. This affects a huge number of marine animals and plants alike, but its impact on fleshy <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seaweeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaweeds</span></a> around the coast may have knock-on effects across the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodWeb</span></a>, and make our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beaches</span></a> much less pleasant</p><p>The only way to prevent this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> of the oceans is to stop releasing so much CO2 into the air, the experts say."</p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ocean-acidification-seaweed-weakened-coastal-ecosystem-1830219" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newsweek.com/ocean-acidificati</span><span class="invisible">on-seaweed-weakened-coastal-ecosystem-1830219</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> will soon release <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> water into the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a>. How worried should we be?</p><p>Some have cast doubt on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a>’s findings, with China recently arguing that the group’s assessment “is not proof of the legality and legitimacy” of Fukushima’s wastewater release. </p><p>By Jessie Yeung, Mayumi Maruyama and Emiko Jozuka, July 5, 2023 </p><p>"Robert H. Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> at Manoa, is among a group of international scientists working with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificIslandForum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificIslandForum</span></a> to assess the wastewater release plan – including visits to the Fukushima site, and meetings with TEPCO, Japanese authorities and the IAEA. After reviewing the details of the plan, Richmond called it 'ill-advised' and premature.</p><p>"One concern is that diluting the wastewater might not be enough to reduce its impact on marine life. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollutants</span></a> like tritium can pass through various levels of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodChain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodChain</span></a> – including plants, animals, and bacteria – and be '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bioaccumulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioaccumulated</span></a>,' meaning they will build up in the marine <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystem</span></a>, he said.</p><p>"He added that the world’s oceans are already under stress from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, ocean <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>. The last thing it needs is to be treated like a 'dumping ground,' he said.</p><p>"And the potential risks won’t just affect the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AsiaPacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AsiaPacific</span></a> region. One 2012 study found evidence that bluefin <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tuna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuna</span></a> had transported <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radionuclides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radionuclides</span></a> – radioactive isotopes like the ones in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> – from Fukushima across the Pacific to California."</p><p><a href="https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/04/asia/japan-fukushima-wastewater-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/04/asi</span><span class="invisible">a/japan-fukushima-wastewater-explainer-intl-hnk/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaWater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corporatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporatism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JapanGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JapanGovernment</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Japan will soon release Fukushima radioactive water into the ocean. How worried should we be? </p><p> By Jessie Yeung, Mayumi Maruyama and Emiko Jozuka, CNN, July 6, 2023</p><p>"Robert H. Richmond, director of the Kewalo Marine Laboratory at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is among a group of international scientists working with the Pacific Island Forum to assess the wastewater release plan – including visits to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> site, and meetings with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCO</span></a>, Japanese authorities and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a>. After reviewing the details of the plan, Richmond called it 'ill-advised' and premature.</p><p>"One concern is that diluting the wastewater might not be enough to reduce its impact on marine life. Pollutants like tritium can pass through various levels of the food chain – including plants, animals, and bacteria – and be 'bioaccumulated,' meaning they will build up in the marine ecosystem, he said.</p><p>"He added that the world’s oceans are already under stress from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>, ocean <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a>. The last thing it needs is to be treated like a 'dumping ground,' he said."</p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/japan-will-soon-release-fukushima-radioactive-water-into-the-ocean-how-worried-should-we-be/1554626" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/health-well</span><span class="invisible">ness/japan-will-soon-release-fukushima-radioactive-water-into-the-ocean-how-worried-should-we-be/1554626</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopTEPCO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTEPCO</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaWater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaDaiici" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaDaiici</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearWaste</span></a></p>
David Ho<p>"Although <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/overfishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overfishing</span></a>, global heating and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/acidification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acidification</span></a> are considered an existential risk to what has been called “the lungs of the planet”, so far there are only two mentions of the word “ocean” in the latest 10-page, 5,000-word working agreement at <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cop15" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cop15</span></a>. There are no specific demands to curtail <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a>, protect <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/coral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coral</span></a> reefs or stop <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/deep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deep</span></a>-sea <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/16/negotiators-cop15-barely-mentioning-ocean" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">22/dec/16/negotiators-cop15-barely-mentioning-ocean</span></a></p>
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