Hi Loren,
We don't claim that the oceans are a topic of specialist expertise at this website. All I know, is what I can read about what the experts say.
The Wikipedia article on ocean acidification purports to be a reflection of expert knowledge. It indicates that the pH of the oceans has dropped an average of .11 since pre-industrial times, meaning that the concentration of H+ ions is up 29%. The change has been accelerating. Experts seem genuinely concerned that such a huge change of pH could easily kill algae and plankton, causing the huge decline in fish and mammals that we're seeing.
Whereas, your own articles say the increase in radioactivity on the West Coast is only 7 Bq per cubic meter, a minuscule amount that is not going to hurt anything. Of course the situation is far worse near Japan, but that's not where we're talking about.
You posted the headline of this ENE News article:
http://enenews.com/professors-large...-sea-life-along-fukushima-coast-missing-video
Go and read the article! It clearly says "Researchers have found no evidence of a link between the ongoing Fukushima disaster and the starfish die-off". The article also contains a lot of fog about concerned citizens who don't believe the researchers, but the headline is about what the professors think.
What do researchers say is the problem? A virus! Why are starfish vulnerable to a virus? Researchers don't say, but if I were going to speculate, I think low pH seems much more likely to be the cause, or maybe lack of food, rather than radiation at 7 Bq/m3.
Why is this so important to you, Loren? I'll tell you why: it seems to be a crucial part of your worldview, that the human race of 7 billion people can go right on burning fossil fuels at the rate we're doing now, or at an increasing rate, with no ecological consequences worth mentioning. You're in denial of any evidence to the contrary.
Do you really know enough to talk on this subject?
We don't claim that the oceans are a topic of specialist expertise at this website. All I know, is what I can read about what the experts say.
The Wikipedia article on ocean acidification purports to be a reflection of expert knowledge. It indicates that the pH of the oceans has dropped an average of .11 since pre-industrial times, meaning that the concentration of H+ ions is up 29%. The change has been accelerating. Experts seem genuinely concerned that such a huge change of pH could easily kill algae and plankton, causing the huge decline in fish and mammals that we're seeing.
Whereas, your own articles say the increase in radioactivity on the West Coast is only 7 Bq per cubic meter, a minuscule amount that is not going to hurt anything. Of course the situation is far worse near Japan, but that's not where we're talking about.
You posted the headline of this ENE News article:
http://enenews.com/professors-large...-sea-life-along-fukushima-coast-missing-video
Go and read the article! It clearly says "Researchers have found no evidence of a link between the ongoing Fukushima disaster and the starfish die-off". The article also contains a lot of fog about concerned citizens who don't believe the researchers, but the headline is about what the professors think.
What do researchers say is the problem? A virus! Why are starfish vulnerable to a virus? Researchers don't say, but if I were going to speculate, I think low pH seems much more likely to be the cause, or maybe lack of food, rather than radiation at 7 Bq/m3.
Why is this so important to you, Loren? I'll tell you why: it seems to be a crucial part of your worldview, that the human race of 7 billion people can go right on burning fossil fuels at the rate we're doing now, or at an increasing rate, with no ecological consequences worth mentioning. You're in denial of any evidence to the contrary.