[CINC] Food for Thought: Re: The Acid Sea -Nat Geo Mag

[Don Abbott]

Dear Paul, et al,

Per subject issue, one African volcano pollutes the Earth¹s atmosphere
equivalent to all of the USA¹s daily energy consumption.
Just one volcano -- WOW!

Sadly in subject issue Nat¹l Geographic failed to mention the thousands of
active volcanoes spewing carbon, hydrogen, etc., into the oceans daily along
the mid oceanic ridge.

Ref.:  http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/nemo/explorer/concepts/mor.html
³Mid-ocean ridges
The global mid-ocean ridge system is the largest single volcanic feature on
the Earth, encircling it like the seams of a baseball. Here the Earth¹s
crust is spreading, creating new ocean floor and literally renewing the
surface of our planet. Older crust is recycled back into the mantle
elsewhere on the globe, typically where plates collide. The mid-ocean ridge
consists of thousands of individual volcanoes or volcanic ridge segments
which periodically erupt...²

FACT:
The bulk of carbon emissions (CO2) comes from natural sources like the
exhalation of living/breathing animals ‹ not to mention the mid-oceanic
ridge. 

Enjoy this extraordinary video from the BBC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=2HiUMlOz4UQ&vq=large
With 7 billion souls to feed, house and cloth, our mother (Earth) is surely
fast approaching the worst possible ŒTragedy of the Commons¹.


My best,
Don




On 3/30/11 12:04 PM, "paul jr petrich" <ppetrich39 at me.com> wrote:

> Hello Troopers,
>  Trying to send this again. This month's  Nat Geo Mag has a great article on
> ocean acidification. The Acid Sea, by Elizabeth Kolbert, begins by covering
> current research of undersea vents spewing bubbles of CO2 into the ocean
> around little islands off the coast of Italy near Mount Vesuvius. The natural
> acidification here is used as a window through which the readers can look at
> what is happening worldwide in our oceans due to escalating man produced CO2
> emissions finding their way into the sea. Covered is the reality that 55
> million years ago temperatures around the world soared, and marine then
> changed dramatically as well. However, the research she presents concludes
> that today's rate of emissions seems roughly ten times as fast , and
> consequently, there is not enough time for water layers in our oceans to mix,
> thus accentuating the problem.   Go to Google: The acid sea national
> geographic magazine.
>  Paul
> 
> 
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