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18. 200 to 500 years sounds very optimistic.

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Mon Jun 11, 2012, 09:41 AM

Jun 2012

But what do I know?

Pick me up a supersized meal.

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Maine study finds potentially disastrous threat to single-celled plants that support all life [View all] Maine-ah Jun 2012 OP

OMG drynberg Jun 2012 #1

Indeed! Why is this not in the national news! flpoljunkie Jun 2012 #2

especially since this is one of the most nutrient-rich MBS Jun 2012 #3

Isn't it obvious? TahitiNut Jun 2012 #4

and phytoplankton can't dance with the Stars. n/t KurtNYC Jun 2012 #43

Why is this not big news? chervilant Jun 2012 #5

Other ideas: GliderGuider Jun 2012 #12

I like to present important, complicated issues in the TLDR format (TLDR = Too Long, Didn't Read) TalkingDog Jun 2012 #19

Yeah, long boring paragraphs of text... GliderGuider Jun 2012 #26

Thanks for your post. JDPriestly Jun 2012 #38

Fascinating..I always wondered about that lack of concern about future consequences. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2012 #35

You're welcome. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #36

OMG.... Tom1960 Jun 2012 #37

Oh, I don't know. I've known a few polymaths in my day who could give any autodidact coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #40

More important than every single social, economic, or political issue The Doctor. Jun 2012 #6

Can't inform the unwashed masses. Wouldn't be good for power, control or profits. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #10

Those of us who have tried have generally found that the masses don't listen. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #34

You can lead a horse to water but if there isn't a reflection of a sexy girl horse KurtNYC Jun 2012 #44

Boston Globe article here: highplainsdem Jun 2012 #7

"single-celled plants" TERMINOLOGY NITPICK ALERT!!! Odin2005 Jun 2012 #8

Some moran in the comments section wants to know if George Soros funded the study. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #9

Human beings are THIS close to blinking out of existence. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #11

There are times when I think that might be the best thing for the planet. Denninmi Jun 2012 #14

I used to be enraged by this. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #16

And for the solar system, galaxy and universe. I'm only sorry that dolphins and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #41

We may be. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #15

200 to 500 years sounds very optimistic. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #18

"Extinction" is a heavy duty process. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #25

Sounds like humans will be going underground UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #27

I know you are being snarky, but there is an idea out there that changing your own actions TalkingDog Jun 2012 #20

Agree. Personal action is important to the individual and those close to them. GliderGuider Jun 2012 #24

I actually feel it is a question of "personal virtue" raouldukelives Jun 2012 #28

1+++++++++++++ patrice Jun 2012 #32

+1 joshcryer Jun 2012 #42

Interested that it all goes back to climate change and heavy rainfall... mainer Jun 2012 #13

You missed out dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #22

Too little phytoplankton? Or too much? Another article, same day! thesquanderer Jun 2012 #17

The OP is from a report dated 24th May - its not LBN dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #30

The articles are new thesquanderer Jun 2012 #31

I do think you should post dipsydoodle Jun 2012 #33

Ok that's it, the hell with my diet. nm rhett o rick Jun 2012 #21

Because Senator Inhoffe says this is just another hoax.... Swede Atlanta Jun 2012 #23

I have been worried about this ever since I first leaned where oxygen in the air came from. tabatha Jun 2012 #29

Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Jessica3344 Jun 2012 #39

Since evolution is fake...then we can not expect a mutuation in phytoplankton to occur.... Evasporque Jun 2012 #45

Hopefully they are testing this in other areas of the world. Swede Jun 2012 #46

We'll all be dead from the disappearing bees first alcibiades_mystery Jun 2012 #47

K & R Quantess Jun 2012 #48