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I like that it's called the "Permian Basin". We're literally digging up the sequestered carbon from hundreds of millions of years ago and putting it back up int
by themgt 10y ago
I like that it's called the "Permian Basin". We're literally digging up the sequestered carbon from hundreds of millions of years ago and putting it back up into the atmosphere to rapidly recreate the climate of that period.
- eru 10y agoYour comment is catchy, but not very accurate. That period lasted millions of years. All the CO2 we are blasting into the atmosphere will be absorbed by the oceans in thousands (or at most ten thousands) of years. (It's taking a while, because the surface layers of the oceans can only absorb so much, and mixing into the deeper layers takes time.)
- xapata 10y agoAs the oceans absorb CO2, the acidity increases. Not so great for our preferred fish species.
- BurningFrog 10y agoProbably true, but the fact that we eat all those fish is a far bigger short term problem. I heard somewhere (rumor alert) that jellyfish and other species we don't like to eat are taking over much of the oceans, since we ate most of the fish.
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- giardini 10y agoOpen a small business harvesting jellyfish. It is already a growth market in Asia and will be a growth market for the next 50 years in many parts of the USA: "Southern Fishermen Cash In On Asia's Taste For Jellyfish": http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/28/267836803/southern-fishermen-cash-in-on-asias-taste-for-jellyfish http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/01/28/267836803/sou... "Jelly Balls Harvested by Boone Seafood Darien Georgia": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laArO6Yk-W0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laArO6Yk-W0
- xapata 10y agoIt's not just because of fishery collapse. The changing temperature and pH matters, too. Reefs bleaching and all that. I wouldn't say it's a rumor. Just a possibility as reported by some researchers. Not a consensus, as far as I know, though there was a book about it summarizing the research.
- eru 10y agoThe acidity of the surface layer increases right now. And that's a big problem. The mixing I was talking about will take a few thousand years, and I am not sure there's enough air to make a dent in the whole ocean's depths' pH level.
- foxFive 10y agoIt's named after the Permian Sea, the entire area was under water during that timeframe. I'm not a geologist though this is just what I've was told growing up in the area.