Is the ocean broken?

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  1. Yobarnacle
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    The enemies of the people are outed from the closet.
     
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    As a percent, the increase in CO2 is definitely a spike. From 300ppm to 400ppm in 100 years is a 33% increase. Considering that atmospheric CO2 concentration has been between 150ppm and 300ppm for the past 800,000 years, through some eight ice-age cycles, it now being over 400ppm is hugely significant.

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    Life in the frozen North is changing. ❄️Due to climate change, seasonal pack ice extends
    much less than it previously did, meaning that once closed-off waterways like Eclipse Sound
    are now open to visitors almost all year round.
     
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    Who wants to go to Eclipse Sound in the winter.
    Show hands?
    Nobody.
    Thought so.
     
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    my hand is up, Hoyt? It's a whale of a good time, I understand.
     
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    That affirmation seems Orca Strait-ed.
     
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    I suspect that the "visitors" they are referring to are marine mammals, not members of the homo not-very-sapiens species.
     
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    I was a merchant marine mammal for half a century. Then I retired to being a political savant.
     
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    Deadly Skin Disease – Affecting Dolphins Worldwide – Tied to Climate Change
    • A fatal skin disease, now found on dolphins worldwide, first appeared in 2005
    • Increasing frequency and severity of storm systems drastically decrease the salinity of coastal waters
    • Freshwater conditions can persist for months, particularly after intense storms
    • Coastal dolphins are accustomed to seasonal changes in salinity levels in their marine habitat, but they do not live in freshwater
    The study was published in Scientific Reports

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    Whether or not the dolphins are victims doesn't support an argument humans caused it.

    The strongest argument against AGW claims is their backward approach. First they identified humans as the culprit, and ever since have been seeking crimes to charge humans with. That is biased injustice and AGW should be charged with violation of human rights. The deliberate guilty sentence in advance of any known crimes.

    CO2 emmision is a natural process. AGW tries to make it a crime. Shame on AGW
     
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    There have always been blights which have targeted different organisms throughout history; probably not manmade, but radiation poisoning or other pollutants could play a role.
     
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    Manmade radiation is responsible for Godzilla.
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    Now there's a manmade destructive force of nature.

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    I don't believe in godzilla
     
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    I don't believe in McTurtle.
     

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    They didn't have Photoshop when those pictures were taken.
     
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