Oxygen levels in the Oceans have been decreasing. As the water warms it releases Oxygen from the Oceans, but the Oxygen level in the atmosphere has been staying steady, because the combustion engines are using the Oxygen at the same rate as the Oceans are releasing it. What's going to happen when the Oxygen releases in the Ocean slow down while combustion engines continue to use up the Oxygen levels in the Atmosphere?
The acid rains are also making the soils and Oceans more acidy. That is causing a massive die off of some vegetation, animal and the Coral Reefs. Most of the oxygen comes from plants in the oceans.
There is a danger of the ice sheets melting on top of mountain ranges. Those ice sheets provide water in the rivers and streams that run downhill to the lakes that supply drinking water to Billions of people. The Himalayan Mountain range ice sheets supply drinking water to over a billion people alone.
If those ice sheets melt it could completely disrupt a stead water supply that would have devastating consequences throughout the world.
We witnessed last year the Rappahannock almost drying up partly because the lack of snow that slowly releases water and recharges the groundwater.
Another great article, Bruce! p.s. I've got a book on Milan for you.. J K
Our planet has many problems.
Oxygen levels in the Oceans have been decreasing. As the water warms it releases Oxygen from the Oceans, but the Oxygen level in the atmosphere has been staying steady, because the combustion engines are using the Oxygen at the same rate as the Oceans are releasing it. What's going to happen when the Oxygen releases in the Ocean slow down while combustion engines continue to use up the Oxygen levels in the Atmosphere?
The acid rains are also making the soils and Oceans more acidy. That is causing a massive die off of some vegetation, animal and the Coral Reefs. Most of the oxygen comes from plants in the oceans.
There is a danger of the ice sheets melting on top of mountain ranges. Those ice sheets provide water in the rivers and streams that run downhill to the lakes that supply drinking water to Billions of people. The Himalayan Mountain range ice sheets supply drinking water to over a billion people alone.
If those ice sheets melt it could completely disrupt a stead water supply that would have devastating consequences throughout the world.
We witnessed last year the Rappahannock almost drying up partly because the lack of snow that slowly releases water and recharges the groundwater.