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The sci-fi writer in me envisions a story about a future where humans exist, and there is only one species of fish in the ocean, and everyone is sick of eating
by danschumann 8y ago
The sci-fi writer in me envisions a story about a future where humans exist, and there is only one species of fish in the ocean, and everyone is sick of eating it.
- Chris_Chambers 8y agoThe unused parts of the script of James Cameron’s Avatar are interesting. Everyone is forced to eat algae.
- singularity2001 8y agoAnd they are blooming: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/mysterious-masses-seaweed-assault-caribbean-islands http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/mysterious-masses-sea... https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/SaWS/images/Caribbean_Sargassum_Coverage.png https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/SaWS/images/Caribbean...
- quickben 8y agoApparently the medusas will eat whatever is left from the fish. They thrive in high acidity.
- api 8y agoOcean acidification frightens me more than climate change. Moving Miami is doable. Look at how fast Dubai was built. Sea walls and flood control are also things we know how to do. Ocean ecosystem collapse could be absolutely catastrophic and there is no mitigation.
- labster 8y agoIn theory if you could mix the oceans faster (I know lol), you could begin dissolving the deposited calcium carbonate at the bottom and buffering the oceans with even more bicarbonate ions. Unfortunately this happens naturally on the time scale of centuries, which is super fast for geology but not great news for corals.
- api 8y agoMaybe if we all collect our unused and expired baking soda...
- selimthegrim 8y agoCocaine’s a hell of a drug...
- prolikewh0a 8y agoFun fact, Obama appointed an 'Asian Carp Czar' to figure out how to prevent the Asian Carp from destroying the Great Lakes. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/10/07/130404545/asian-carp-czar-john-goss https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2010/10/07/130404545...