For the scientists. How is Climate change exactly bleachin the corals?
I know that climate change is dumping 30 million tons of co2 in the oceans everyday, but how is that increasing the acidity of ocean water, bleaching the corals? I though you needed hydrogen ions to increase the acidity and co2 molecules have no H ions.
Read MoreI'm an anthropology major, but I would love to work with the ocean or marine biology/conservation?
I have always loved marine life, oceans, and anything associated with that field. But I’m miserably bad and math and chemistry and simply could ot make it through a marine bio major. Anyone know any jobs in this field that don’t need a science degree?
Any suggestions or help would be great, thanks!
What college major would be good for the natural environment?
I love nature and its beauty. The mountains, lake, oceans, plains, and everything else in the world amaze me how much nature is valuable to us. The thing about my question is just asking for a opinion on what is a great college major that would be good for natural environment. By the way I am a sophomore at high school, but I am just planning on what is a good future for me. Also I love to film nature at times, which seem filming can be one choice… I think.
Read MoreWhat is most motivating for people to live green?
Sometimes, it seems people go off the handle in an effort to save the enviorment. There are many reasons to cut down on wast and such out there, but what is the main reason, what’s most important? Future generations, saving oceans, stopping global warming, or something else?
Read MoreWhat is the current alternative explanation to manmade global warming?
The proponents of manmade global warming have consistently stated it’s because of greenhouse gases.
To counter this claim skeptics have provided alternative explanations but they’re forever changing. Recent explanations have included cosmic rays, the oceans, increased solar output, Pacific decadal oscillation, blackbody radiation etc. Could someone please let me know what the current explanation favoured by the skeptics is?
Each of the many explanations is, in it’s own right, claimed to account for the recent warming and thus prove human activity isn’t responsible. Assuming the skeptics are correct and they’re not just coming up with anything that might sound plausible, shouldn’t the planet be warming many times faster than it is?
RON C: Another good answer but again, key points are omitted. Your logic and reasoning are sound but it doesn’t ‘add up’. There are several skeptics who claim that all the current warming can be attributed to alternative factors and in many cases a single factor is cited as being the sole cause of the current warming. If these skeptics were correct then there would be many factors each responsible for the same level of warming that humans are supposed to be responsible for. It’s true that doubling the forcings doesn’t double the temperature rise but when equated, if the skeptics are correct with all their different explanations, then the world should be warming at least 7 times as fast as it is now (and possibly as much as 20 times as fast).