On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Gruss Gott <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever you get a group of humans together to make a decision based on > incomplete or unknowable facts you always get 2 general groups: > > * do nothing > * do something > Most likely we're already too late and we'll be headed into our 6th mass extinction event regardless. :-) http://www.skepticalscience.com/Earths-five-mass-extinction-events.html What Veron 2008 <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008CorRe..27..459V> found was each mass extinction event corresponded to periods of quickly changing atmospheric CO2. When CO2 changes slowly, the gradual increase allows mixing and buffering of surface layers by deep ocean sinks. Marine organisms also have time to adapt to the new environmental conditions. However, when CO2 increases abruptly, the acidification effects are intensified in shallow waters owing to a lack of mixing. It also gives marine life little time to adapt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345707 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
