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ACID OCEANS CAUSE SMALLER SHELLS OF PHYTOPLANKTON. "If the shell-making is reduced, the storage of carbon in the ocean might be, as well." That's bad news for the climate, because the ocean is responsible for absorbing at least one quarter of the CO2 that humans load into the air through fossil fuel burning and other activities—and it is the action of foraminifera and other tiny shell-building animals, along with plants like algae that lock it away safely for millennia."" " http://lnkd.in/d5SWZrz View in LinkedIn

ACID OCEANS."The world's oceans are becoming acidic at an "unprecedented rate" and may be souring more rapidly than at any time in the past 300 million years. In their strongest statement yet on this issue, scientists say acidification could increase by 170% by 2100. They say that some 30% of ocean species are unlikely to survive in these conditions. The researchers conclude that human emissions of CO2 are clearly to blame." CO2 plus water makes carbonic acid. " " http://lnkd.in/dpzqPFn View in LinkedIn

PHYTOPLANKTON ARE ADAPTABLE. "Our present understanding of the sensitivity of marine life to ocean acidification is based primarily on short-term experiments, in which organisms are exposed to increased concentrations of CO2. However, phytoplankton species with short generation times, in particular, may be able to respond to environmental alterations through adaptive evolution."" " http://lnkd.in/dGEF2dh View in LinkedIn

OCEANIC IRON SEEDING EXPERIMENTS have been a very controversial experiment to reverse the CO2 buildup in earth's atmosphere by stimulating CO2 uptake by phytoalgae blooms encouraged by iron seeding and its sequestration in deep oceans. Large scale deposition of iron in oceans has been conducted on a few occasions. The next series will look at this topic. View in LinkedIn

LAKE PHYTOPLANKTON ADAPTABILITY. Among the many species present in freshwater lakes, at least some species studied are very adaptable to changes in its environment. " ""The Bacillariophyta has higher adaptability to the changeable environment. The Chlorophyta can tolerate higher concentration of permanganate indexes, phosphorus nutrients, nitrogen nutrients and total organic carbon."" " http://lnkd.in/dMtZ-NFhttp://lnkd.in/duRQh8n View in LinkedIn

DEGRADABLE SENSORS. "Darpa wants to develop large distributed networks of sensors that can collect and transmit data for a limited period and then be destroyed instantly to prevent them falling into enemy hands. VAPR tech could also have applications in medical diagnosis and treatment, Darpa believes, if sensors can be developed that the body can reabsorb."" " http://lnkd.in/dRwQ_3p View in LinkedIn

TINY PHYTOPLANKTON'S MIGHTY PUNCH. "Without this microalga's calcium carbonate exoskeleton, the chalk cliffs on the German island of Rügen or the White Cliffs of Dover would not exist. These landmarks are nothing but gigantic calcium carbonate plate deposits – alga exoskeletons accumulated over millions of years. Moreover ... (it) counteracts climate change, since it captures large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere when forming its calcium carbonate plates."" " https://www.helmholtz.de/en/artikel/genome-analysis-adaptability-of-haptophyte-uncovered-1676/ View in LinkedIn

GLOBALIZED "GREEN" REVOLUTION clearly is a mixed bag and a misnomer; more food for a starving world; immense changes in agriculture; environmental and health; drastic sociological impacts; the enormous financial agendas; and the addictive nature of the rapid transition. Clearly, it is not a sustainable strategy. A closing thought. "The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts." (Henry Ford). Not a bad start? View in LinkedIn

THE PLANKTON PARADOX. "Phytoplankton living in the oceans perform nearly half of total global photosynthesis. Eukaryotic phytoplankton exhibit great diversity that contrasts with the lower apparent diversity of ecological niches available to them in aquatic ecosystems. This observation, know as the “paradox of the plankton,” has long puzzled biologists."" " http://lnkd.in/dcfWter View in LinkedIn

ADDICTIVE FERTILIZERS AND NEW CROP SPECIES."Since fertilizers are largely what made the Green Revolution possible, they forever changed agricultural practices because the high yield varieties developed during this time cannot grow successfully without the help of fertilizers." No conspiracy theorists needed. " " http://lnkd.in/djVdavn View in LinkedIn