mrkalel
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It just keeps getting worse & worse....
It just keeps getting worse & worse....
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12897633#post12897633 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquaman67
20,000 years ago sea level was 394 feet lower than it is today. As recently (in geological terms) as 7,000 years ago the oceans were 66 feet lower than today. Many reefs, now fossils, have been drowned out by the raising sea. As massive as the Great Barrier Reef is, it's only 5,000 years old.
As the level of the ocean changes, old reefs die and new ones are created. So goes the cycle of the Earth. While it's sad to witness the death of a reef, we will not be without reefs in the future. New life will be born, as it has since time itself. Reefs have died and been born since the beginning of time and will continue to do so whether we are here or not.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898070#post12898070 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by InsaneClownFish
Interesting take on this. I had watched videos and special interest groups being concerned about the massive reef collecting in Vanuatu for the aquarium industry. The bottom line is that more reefs are destroyed in Vanuatu by careless natives discarding batteries into the ocean than any hyper collection ever has.
When you say "especially for someone in this hobby... " , do you mean that someone who has an Oceanic 144 Gal Half-Circle Display may be just as culpable for the supposed destruction of our reefs?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12897130#post12897130 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mrkalel
Pretty ignorant view bro.... especially for someone in this hobby...
Wow. There are people who have spent their entire lives studying this. They are called scientists. They disagree with you. Have you studied it long?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898040#post12898040 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aslavatortin
It is absurdly conceited of man to think that climate change is anthropogenic in ANY way!!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898323#post12898323 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by virginiadiver69
When you say "especially for someone in this hobby... " , do you mean that someone who has an Oceanic 144 Gal Half-Circle Display may be just as culpable for the supposed destruction of our reefs?
"They" don't all agree on this subject. Besides...they have been wrong before and will be again.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898543#post12898543 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tang Salad
Wow. There are people who have spent their entire lives studying this. They are called scientists. They disagree with you. Have you studied it long?
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898543#post12898543 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tang Salad
Wow. There are people who have spent their entire lives studying this. They are called scientists. They disagree with you. Have you studied it long?
Where did you say that? Why? Why is it 'parroting' anymore than when you recite Rush?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898650#post12898650 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aslavatortin
Like I said, parrot talking points.
Yes.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898650#post12898650 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aslavatortin
Do you have ANY IDEA what you are talking about?
But many, many, many more agree with it. Also, you really shouldn't modify an adjective with an adverb. (Although, I suppose it's a bit poetic to present incorrect information by using incorrect grammar.)<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898650#post12898650 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aslavatortin
So ridiculously many scientists disagree with the preposterous notion that man has ANYTHING to do with climate change!
Yes, the climate has always been changing. This does not mean that man is therefore incapable of influencing it. You are using faulty logic.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12898650#post12898650 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aslavatortin
How in the name of Al Gore can man be responsible for something that has been going on looooooong before man came into existence?
Ahh, this is based on your years of study and firsthand experience in the subject? It's always refreshing to see that the public is thoroughly examining the evidence and making informed opinions.Yep, global warming is responsible for everything. Heck, I even heard that Santa Claus might not be taking his midnight ride this year because of global warming. The extra ozone seems to be giving his reindeers too much of a buzz. Also, the LA Times makes a great bird cage liner.
These were also times when conditions were otherwise conducive to fast reef growth. If things continue on the same path they've been on, within the next 50-100 years those conditions won't exist. The last time conditions will have been similar there were no coral reefs. Hard corals completely disappeared for a few million years around that time.20,000 years ago sea level was 394 feet lower than it is today. As recently (in geological terms) as 7,000 years ago the oceans were 66 feet lower than today. Many reefs, now fossils, have been drowned out by the raising sea. As massive as the Great Barrier Reef is, it's only 5,000 years old.
As the level of the ocean changes, old reefs die and new ones are created. So goes the cycle of the Earth. While it's sad to witness the death of a reef, we will not be without reefs in the future. New life will be born, as it has since time itself. Reefs have died and been born since the beginning of time and will continue to do so whether we are here or not.