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Environmental fashion became obsessed with trees as 'the lungs of the planet' despite ocean phytoplankton processing most of the air we breath. We have been co

Environmental fashion became obsessed with trees as 'the lungs of the planet' despite ocean phytoplankton processing most of the air we breath. We have been conditioned to believe humans are destroying the fragile planet but ironically the reality is that we are increasingly irresponsible stewards of it, flying in the face of thousands of years of evidence.

DayDollar 3y ago
Well, that plancton will die off, when the oceans get accidic.. so it will be the trees only in the long run.
TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
We're killing the phytoplankton too. https://medium.com/climate-conscious/how-the-loss-of-phytoplankton-could-lead-to-our-demise-8f9c91b937a8 https://medium.com/climate-conscious/how-the-loss-of-phytopl...
sampo 3y ago
> ocean phytoplankton processing most of the air we breath. This is not true. Ocean photosynthesis produces about 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere, but ocean respiration also consumes about the same amount. The oceans are about oxygen neutral. Same goes for the other 50%, but in land ecosystems. https://theconversation.com/humans-will-always-have-oxygen-to-breathe-but-we-cant-say-the-same-for-ocean-life-165148 https://theconversation.com/humans-will-always-have-oxygen-t...
- olivermarks 3y ago
  https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankto...
  - morsch 3y ago
    https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html
    - olivermarks 3y ago
      'Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean. Carbon dioxide is consumed during photosynthesis, and the carbon is incorporated in the phytoplankton, just as carbon is stored in the wood and leaves of a tree'. The air we breathe is processed by Phytoplankton https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton#:~:text=Phytoplankton%20are%20responsible%20for%20most,and%20leaves%20of%20a%20tree https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton#:~:....

DayDollar 3y ago

Well, that plancton will die off, when the oceans get accidic.. so it will be the trees only in the long run.

TheOtherHobbes 3y ago

We're killing the phytoplankton too. https://medium.com/climate-conscious/how-the-loss-of-phytoplankton-could-lead-to-our-demise-8f9c91b937a8 https://medium.com/climate-conscious/how-the-loss-of-phytopl...

sampo 3y ago

> ocean phytoplankton processing most of the air we breath. This is not true. Ocean photosynthesis produces about 50% of the oxygen in the atmosphere, but ocean respiration also consumes about the same amount. The oceans are about oxygen neutral. Same goes for the other 50%, but in land ecosystems. https://theconversation.com/humans-will-always-have-oxygen-to-breathe-but-we-cant-say-the-same-for-ocean-life-165148 https://theconversation.com/humans-will-always-have-oxygen-t...

olivermarks 3y ago
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankton-breathe-freely/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/save-the-plankto...
- morsch 3y ago
  https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html
  - olivermarks 3y ago
    'Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean. Carbon dioxide is consumed during photosynthesis, and the carbon is incorporated in the phytoplankton, just as carbon is stored in the wood and leaves of a tree'. The air we breathe is processed by Phytoplankton https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton#:~:text=Phytoplankton%20are%20responsible%20for%20most,and%20leaves%20of%20a%20tree https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Phytoplankton#:~:....