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In reply to the discussion: Maine study finds potentially disastrous threat to single-celled plants that support all life [View all]dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)22. You missed out
discolouration of the water due to all the shit reaching the sea.
See here :
Though heavier water flows into the Gulf of Maine might be a major factor, Balch said it may actually be side-effects of that phenomenon such as decreased salinity and increasing amounts of materials like rotting plant matter being swept up in the stronger currents that are actually causing the problem. In other words, when the water is brown its bad for phytoplankton because the added material in the water starves the single-celled plants of sunlight.
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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
I like to present important, complicated issues in the TLDR format (TLDR = Too Long, Didn't Read)
TalkingDog
Jun 2012
#19
Fascinating..I always wondered about that lack of concern about future consequences.
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2012
#35
Oh, I don't know. I've known a few polymaths in my day who could give any autodidact
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#40
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
Some moran in the comments section wants to know if George Soros funded the study.
SammyWinstonJack
Jun 2012
#9
And for the solar system, galaxy and universe. I'm only sorry that dolphins and
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#41
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 have been worried about this ever since I first leaned where oxygen in the air came from.
tabatha
Jun 2012
#29
Since evolution is fake...then we can not expect a mutuation in phytoplankton to occur....
Evasporque
Jun 2012
#45