World's oceans in 'shocking' decline


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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479

The oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists.

In a new report, they warn that ocean life is "at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history".

They conclude that issues such as over-fishing, pollution and climate change are acting together in ways that have not previously been recognised.

The impacts, they say, are already affecting humanity.

The panel was convened by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO), and brought together experts from different disciplines, including coral reef ecologists, toxicologists, and fisheries scientists.

Its report will be formally released later this week.

"The findings are shocking," said Alex Rogers, IPSO's scientific director and professor of conservation biology at Oxford University.

"As we considered the cumulative effect of what humankind does to the oceans, the implications became far worse than we had individually realised.

"We've sat in one forum and spoken to each other about what we're seeing, and we've ended up with a picture showing that almost right across the board we're seeing changes that are happening faster than we'd thought, or in ways that we didn't expect to see for hundreds of years."

These "accelerated" changes include melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, sea level rise, and release of methane trapped in the sea bed.

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The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment?this was the time?when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals. Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.

Barack Obama, June 3, 2008

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The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal; this was the moment when we ended a war and secured our nation and restored our image as the last, best hope on earth. This was the moment?this was the time?when we came together to remake this great nation so that it may always reflect our very best selves and our highest ideals. Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of America.

Barack Obama, June 3, 2008

QFT

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Time to make sushi bars and wreckless discarding of plastic and other toxins "anti-social" activities?

Iv heard from others that sushi popularity is growing part of the reason for over fishing in the last few decades. Dont know how true it is but there are far more sushi places now then 20 yrs ago.

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Iv heard from others that sushi popularity is growing part of the reason for over fishing in the last few decades. Dont know how true it is but there are far more sushi places now then 20 yrs ago.

So less fish in the ocean, lower waters. It's simple water displacement. :p

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The population of humans in the world are increasing at large scale which means more destruction, less food, water and of course less nature resources available. We as humans are the most dangerous and destructive specie that our planet have.

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The population of humans in the world are increasing at large scale which means more destruction, less food, water and of course less nature resources available. We as humans are the most dangerous and destructive specie that our planet have.

Fact.

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The population of humans in the world are increasing at large scale which means more destruction, less food, water and of course less nature resources available. We as humans are the most dangerous and destructive specie that our planet have.

More dangerous than the Jackelope even?

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I am glad that Obama's own words are as offensive to you as they are to me.

That's what makes no sense, how is it offensive? His comment from a speach has nothing to do with this topic. The fact that you bother to go out of your way to find some mundane quote that is irrelevant is just asinine. You know who else goes out of their way to make a mundane point? Gay conservatives who go out of their way to attack gays to make it look like they are the not gay only to be one in secret. Your Obama man crush is obvious.

Im wondering if you just read the thread title and not the article which isnt about sea levels dropping but sea life.

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The population of humans in the world are increasing at large scale which means more destruction, less food, water and of course less nature resources available. We as humans are the most dangerous and destructive specie that our planet have.

+1 but the thing is, we also have it within our power to change it. Whether we do is another thing.

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