Outlook for Oceans Bleak as Sea 'Deserts' Grow

NPR ^ | 3/6/08 | All Things Considered

[latina4dubya]

After nine days I let the horse run free

'Cause the desert had turned to sea

There were plants and birds and rocks and things

there was sand and hills and rings

The ocean is a desert with it's life underground

And a perfect disguise above

Under the cities lies a heart made of ground

But the humans will give no love

i've always liked this song... A Horse With No Name...

[3Lean]

“We have the same thing here,” he says. “These less productive areas are replacing the slightly more productive areas of the ocean.”

But “DEAD ZONE” has such a nicer ring to it than “slightly less productive area”

[Eva]

I read an article about CO2 that was suggesting that excess CO2 could be taken out to sea and injected into the oceans to dispose of it. Someone trying to make a buck.

[truemiester]

Ok, so there is less plankton before. What eats plankton, Krill and what eats krill? Whales. Its the dang whales fault.

This all started about the time every one said to ‘save the whales’. We did and now they are killing our planet. Kill the Whales and Save the Earth! Unleash the Japanese and the Norwegians!

(For all liberal lurkers, the preceding was what is know as a “joke”. Look it up.)

[CRBDeuce]

...And it seems to be tied to global warming.

and all of the sudden the BS meter pegged...

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strange..

[SunkenCiv]

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[DaveArk]

And we may not be fully aware of the situation as it changes. The satellite that made these critical measurements is nearing the end of its lifespan, and there is no full replacement in the works. So, in a few years, U.S. scientists may not be able to look at the color of the ocean from space to track this trend

The real motivation for the sensationalism.

[gleeaikin]

I just read an article on this ‘dead zone’ topic which says that the areas are about doubling every 10 years. This source said the principal cause was nitrogen fertilizer. If so, this is a strong incentive to move toward organic agriculture, and the use of natural nitrogen sources like legume cover crops. This problem may be distinct from global climate change, and more easily fixed by changing some of our habits.