Thursday, September 4, 2008

'Cause it's gone, gone, gone ... woh wo-oh.

Manhattan is a large borough. It's about the same size as the Markham Ice Shelf. The very same ice shelf that broke off of Ellesmere Island at the beginning of August. It's now adrift in the Arctic Ocean where it will eventually melt itself out of existence. The Associated Press is always on top of their environmental coverage and I commend them on keeping an eye on the melting glacial ice shelves. Raise your hand if you're worried.

Some of you didn't raise your hands. That's fine. There are lots of people out there who have bigger problems than worrying about rising ocean levels, the dilution of ocean salt content and the tremendous algae blooms that are creating massive "ocean deserts."

The ocean may reflect the blue of the sky, but it also reflects our species as a whole. It's choked with carbon dioxide, huge sections are going barren, it's overall temperature is increasing by the day and swaths of it are going barren.

We are sterilizing our largest air filter. If the ocean is the womb of the world, we are scarring her beyond repair.

To read the article full article from the Associated Press, visit this link.

Unfortunately, that's all the time I have right now. Thanks for reading guys. Don't forget to love your mother. Let her know you care.

1 comment:

Dan Brian said...

Not that this article disagrees with yours by any means, but apparently Antarctic sea ice is growing which is an interesting turn of events.

http://www.slate.com/id/2192730/