This commentary was written and posted at http://t.co/Pj33Ihi0 in response to an Opinion piece by Roger Bradbury that appeared in the New York Times on July 13th 2012. You can find the original opinion article at http://nyti.ms/SsXfT9.
Rainbow Reef, Fiji. Photo by David Burdick, 2006
Documenting ocean acidification and coral decay in the Pacific. Photo by Jamie Oliver.
Some of the threats posed by climate change can appear rather esoteric or abstract. One of these is ocean acidification – it is not immediately obvious why we should care. A recent paper by Sara Cooley and colleagues give a good example of why the threat of changing ocean chemistry matters.
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“Mariculture certainly holds promise as part of the solution to meeting our need and demand for fish, but it’s not the obvious option that many people imagine”
Molluscs are the principal farmed marine product: giant clam exclosure, Solomon Islands. Photo by Mike McCoy
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Fishing trawler in the open ocean. Photo credit Jon Anderson
How many of us have been told at some point in our lives “don’t worry…there’s plenty more fish in the sea”?
This old proverb might comfort us for disappointment in love, but taken in its most literal sense, few people seem to believe it.
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