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Global Warming Threatens Health of World's Oceans
Target: Olympia Snowe, Chairwoman, Senate Committee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast GSponsored by: Care2, Care2
Did you know that
the oceans absorbed 48 percent of the carbon
dioxide emitted into the air by humans over the last two
centuries? At that rate, impacts from global warming could
damage the ability for many ocean creatures to survive.
Please help by signing this important petition!
Since 1800 the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by nearly 36 percent. However, this reflects only half of the CO2 that has been emitted during this same time, leaving room for some doubt as to the urgency of global warming. Recent studies show that the "missing" CO2 has been absorbed into the oceans. And now, studies are demonstrating that the increased amount of CO2 in the oceans is threating ocean life.
Between 1800 and 1994 the oceans absorbed 118 billion metric tons of carbon -- equalling the weight of 118 billion small cars! What happens now? According to the study, the increased carbon can affect the acidity of the oceans, slow the development of coral reefs and shelled sealife -- creatures that represent the base of the foodchain in the ocean. Such a disruption to the foodchain can severely affect the balance of ocean life with potentially catastrophic results.
Take action today to stop this assault on the oceans. Sign the petition below and urge Olympia Snowe, Chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to fund renewable energy sources and efforts to slow global warming to protect our health and our oceans.
Christopher Sabine of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration led the study, which was published in Science magazine last week.
Since 1800 the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by nearly 36 percent. However, this reflects only half of the CO2 that has been emitted during this same time, leaving room for some doubt as to the urgency of global warming. Recent studies show that the "missing" CO2 has been absorbed into the oceans. And now, studies are demonstrating that the increased amount of CO2 in the oceans is threating ocean life.
Between 1800 and 1994 the oceans absorbed 118 billion metric tons of carbon -- equalling the weight of 118 billion small cars! What happens now? According to the study, the increased carbon can affect the acidity of the oceans, slow the development of coral reefs and shelled sealife -- creatures that represent the base of the foodchain in the ocean. Such a disruption to the foodchain can severely affect the balance of ocean life with potentially catastrophic results.
Take action today to stop this assault on the oceans. Sign the petition below and urge Olympia Snowe, Chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries, and Coast Guard to fund renewable energy sources and efforts to slow global warming to protect our health and our oceans.
Christopher Sabine of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration led the study, which was published in Science magazine last week.
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Let Global Warming threaten the life of our oceans? Let Global Warming threaten the lives of our ocean ceatures? I don't think so. Has everyone gone mad? Do something about this!
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I worry about the life in there and how they're doing (speices as-a-whole wise, at least!)....and how the heck they're going to survive THIS one! Its just not right!
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We got a preview last summer of what impact increased water temperature has on the severity of hurricanes. Factor in the melting glaciers, and all the world's cities built on the oceans' shores will become flooded, and eventually submerged. We need to act before it's too late.
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We have to save mother earth before it's to late!!
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The impact global warming has on the oceans is terrible. Warming the oceans will destroy organisms that will not be able to survive in warming climates.
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Our oceans are important to the survival of humanity. We have a responsibility as a race of beings to protect the planets resources, as Earth is a living organism.
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Steps need to be taken to protect our Earth. We need to have stiffer pollution laws and fines. We need new alternatives to oil! Please help save our oceans before it is too late!
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My country is an Island called New Caledonia. It is surrounded by the biggest closed lagoon in the world. This lagoon makes us live by its hudge bio-diversity, you understand tha I had to sign this petition...
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we're killing our planet. our beautiful planet. catastrophe aplenty if we don't turn things around.
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