What they don't mention...

is that half of the world's oxygen is produced by phytoplankton via photosynthesis.



L'ensemble de la chaîne alimentaire marine est menacé par le déclin marqué du plancton végétal dans les océans, ont constaté des chercheurs néo-brunswickois.

Selon Daniel Boyce et ses collègues de l'Université Dalhousie, le réchauffement climatique ne serait pas étranger à cette baisse.

Leurs travaux montrent que le phytoplancton, constitué d'organismes microscopiques végétaux qui vivent en suspension dans l'eau, a décliné de 1 % par an en moyenne depuis 100 ans.

Les scientifiques rappellent que ces organismes sont à la base de la chaîne alimentaire marine, nourrissant aussi bien les minuscules organismes de zooplancton que les mammifères marins, les poissons et les oiseaux.

"Le phytoplancton est le carburant de l'écosystème marin. Son déclin affecte toute la chaîne alimentaire, jusqu'aux humains."

— Daniel Boyce

Les données recueillies dans l'hémisphère nord laissent penser que le phytoplancton a diminué d'environ 40 % depuis les années 1950.

Le réchauffement

Il existe, selon les auteurs, une corrélation entre le déclin du phytoplancton et la montée des températures de surface de la mer.

Le plancton a particulièrement décliné dans les régions polaires et tropicales.

Radio-Canada.ca avec
Agence France Presse

Signs that we live in a third world province

Criss qu'on fait pitié

Summing up how I feel right now, after 2 weeks of sleeping on couches

Speaking of bottle people (which we weren't)

I've been mentionning this documentary for awhile. Since I built up the last one a bit too much and only got negative reactions, I'll play it safe this time and pretend that this one really sucks, that I don't know why I posted it and that you should really only check it out due to morbid curiosity. If you like it, I hate you and you should die.

Vive la Français!

http://www.protegez-vous.ca/chronique-hein.html

I'm going to nerd up the oil spill talk

Just because I really don't care about baby dolphins that much given that the whole area's ecosystem is fucked for the next few decades and dolphins can actually migrate while most of the wildlife in that zone can't.
Also, because pictures from space are cool.

Stranger then fiction

You know those 80's movies that showed us how scary the future would be because of evil corrupted cupid old men lying to the masses in order to better exploit everyone and everything ?

Well, its beginning to look like they completely underrated how fucking evil and corrupted our world really is.

I don't believe it...

Miss Earth 2009

After establishing a track record in mounting world-class beauty pageants over the last decade, Carousel Productions Inc. decided to reinvent and improve the concept of beauty competitions for the new millennium.

Because many people admire and aspire to be a beauty queen, Carousel Productions, Inc. believed beauty queens would be a good and effective advocate of worthy causes. To give life to this vision, Carousel Productions Inc. organized and launched in 2001 the MISS EARTH Beauty Pageant, a beauty event whose raison d’etre was to have its candidates and winners actively promote and get involved in the preservation of the environment and the protection of Mother Earth.

Apart from a strong emphasis on environmental protection programs, MISS EARTH also aims to showcase and promote various tourist destinations. Every year, 80 to 90 candidates from all over the world compete on beauty and knowledge of environmental issues.

The winner of MISS EARTH will serve as the Ambassador to environmental protection campaigns worldwide.

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