The strange irony is that as "we" strive scientifically and economically for eternal life, we're killing the very planet which gives us life...
THREATS - Climate Change, Over Fishing, Habitat Destruction, Extraction, Pollution & Species Introduction are just a few of the growing and immense pressures placed on the Ocean's each and every day. The Ocean's are quite literally the lungs of the planet and with out them we will surely perish...
SOLUTION - Reduce CO2 Emissions, Vastly Improved Fisheries Management & Mass Marine Reserves...
Read the blow story for a wake up call...
'Shocking' Oceans Report Warns Of Impending Mass Extinction
June 20, 2011If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report.
The preliminary report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) is the result of the first-ever interdisciplinary international workshop examining the combined impact of all of the stressors currently affecting the oceans, including pollution, warming, acidification, overfishing and hypoxia.
"The findings are shocking," Dr. Alex Rogers, IPSO's scientific director, said in a statement released by the group. "This is a very serious situation demanding unequivocal action at every level. We are looking at consequences for humankind that will impact in our lifetime, and worse, our children's and generations beyond that."
The scientific panel concluded that degeneration in the oceans is happening much faster than has been predicted, and that the combination of factors currently distressing the marine environment is contributing to the precise conditions that have been associated with all major extinctions in the Earth's history.
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