So you don't believe that having nearly ONE HALF of all phytoplankton disappear from the oceans over 60 years has little to no impact on CO2
I believe increasing CO2 is the cause for the drop in plankton....
Changes in the ocean’s chemistry, as a result of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, threaten marine plankton to a greater extent than previously thought, according to new research.
(From ScienceAlert) – The research, published in Nature Climate Change, revealed around half the CO2 released through human activity dissolves in the ocean, where it forms carbonic acid leading to a decrease in seawater pH.
Scientists found the changes in the pH levels, along with global warming, could lead to poor growth if not death of marine plankton.
oceanleadership.org
Does that have an impact on CO2? Negligible. We are dumping 2.4 M pounds of carbon into the atmosphere every second. Sorta overwhelms plankton. Every day, we put over 400 days worth of fossil carbon back into the air, from both plankton (oil) and trees (coal). Despite yer love affair with them, as yer chosen method for avoiding reality, the little buggers never had a chance. |
