Comments on: Hawaiian Heat

By: Racktip Oddling

Racktip Oddling — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:55:08 +0000

Poor iike just doesn’t seem to comprehend the complexity or magnitude of what we’re facing.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:54:50 +0000

iike, no disrespect, but watch the video again. They tested current acidity levels against predicted future levels. They didn’t say that volcanoes do not produce sulfuric acid. The problem is the added acids to the system, not the natural ones. Also, there are natural systems in place to recycle the waste produced by marine life (bacteria, etc). If the waste is not recycled it is stored on the ocean floor. There are bodies and bodies of research showing that the oceans are warming and becoming more acidic. There are also more studies which show the rate of extinction is exponentially greater now than when we had less of an impact on this planet. The question is not whether or not they are doing so, but why. And, for the most part, we can directly correlate human activities with the rises in temperature and acidity. Just look at the Mississippi river and denitrification in the Gulf of Mexico. Carbon Dioxide has been front and center in the news but we have more problems, or solutions to find, than just carbon dioxide emissions. Wouldn’t it serve us better to worry about our planets species diversity now, while we still debate, or should we just wait till everything is extinct. I would rather err on the side of caution than blatantly baulk in the face of the change that is coming. Doh, one last thing. The melting ice caps are a problem for sure. You hit is on the head, we really do not know what will happen with the ocean currents etc. whith all of that extra fresh/cold water. We can make predictions. We can look at past events. Ocean currents have a big effect on our planet, from wind, rain, temperature, and more. Europe could be thrown into another ice age while the Americas are turned into desserts. Who knows? We can only look at the natural systems, that are changing, and make predictions using logic, math, and good common sense. I really wonder why people are arguing against cleaner emissions. Do they not see that it will create cleaner air for their children to breath? Do they not see that if we embrace it, it can create a new job market for our country? Why let the research, technology, and jobs go to another country when we could seriously benefit from it? I love that people question research findings, but, do they really want more information? Keeping researchers honest and informing the public is one thing, but blatant ignorance and disbelief is another. Why would anyone want more pollution in the air/water? Why would anyone want there children more prone to asthma and cancer? Enough on my rant. I just don’t think some people get that being aware and or worried about the environment is being worried about ones family and future of our planet. I’m tired of those who think that people worried about the environment are self deprecating or loathing of human kind, they are not, for the most part it is quite the opposite.

By: iike

iike — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:55:41 +0000

I thought warm water freed uo CO2 from solution. CO2 is a very weak acid and dissociates readily from its dissolved form to the gasseous form. Shake a warm Coke and open it and see for yourself. Also if golbal warming is gonna melt those fresh water glaciers and those Antarctic ice sheets and raise water levels then there is more un
saturated and less saline water ….. dilution effect, ass well as a cooling effect … ice cube in a warm glass of water scenarion. They also fail to mention that coral does not prefer water that is too cold either. Also, do we know for sure that humans are not introducing harmful pathogens to the coral ecosystem …. human fungi, bacteria and viruses from all of those scientists, observers and eco-tourists bent on “saving” the coral?

By: iike

iike — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:42:50 +0000

Do ya think that maybe, just maybe, the tens of thousands of underwater volcanoes, spewing out sulfur dioxide and co2, as well as Hawaii’s own volcanoes dumping acids into the sea may have a little to do with the acidity of the oceans. Tho oceans are salty, were they salty from the beginning or did MAN do that too? All of the marine life taking in terrestrial nutrients and dying, decaying, peeing and pooping in their own fishbowl does not promote clean water either, does it?