Thom Hartmann: Warning...End of the World as you Know it

[thomhartmann]

It's the end of the world as we know it - and you shouldn't feel fine. What does startling new research reveal about one of the pillars of life on our planet? Republicans aren't just destroying the lives of Americans - they're helping to destroy all life on Planet Earth.

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 9pm and 11pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. I saw that segment last night.

The plankton are disappearing in the ocean.

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. We don't need no stinkin' planktons!

If the oceans die we'll just eat more cows!

[Amy6627]

3. as Ann Coulter says

the earth is ours to rip apart if we want.

[marmar]

12. Easy for her to say, since she'll probably return to her planet when it all goes wrong.

[magical thyme]

4. I'm on dialiup, so can't view. Is that re: Gulf of Maine?

They just finished a study there. 80% die-off of phytoplankton here.

Not sure if it's due to the warmer water, desalination, or inability of sun to penetrate darker water ( last 2 due to heavy than ever river runoff). But it sure does not bode well for the fisheries here. Ground zero of marine life and 50% of all our O2. Time to start practicing inhaling only alternate breaths.

[jtuck004]

9. Yes. And he also referenced an article in Nature referring to this on a

global scale in 2010.

[magical thyme]

10. Bigelow Labs in Boothbay Harbor did the Maine study

their article was in our local paper just last week (I live about 45 minutes from there). It was a long term study, but the decline was mostly in a short time, which suggests to me that a tipping point was reached for the Gulf of Maine. They weren't sure of worldwide implications, so considered it to be serious alarm, but not panic time.

There are also algae blooms being found in the arctic. Hopefully fish will be able to migrate to better environmental conditions, although with enough tipping points reached, everything just buys a little more time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Not exactly breaking news, but tis good he is covering it.

Anyone remember when the first predictions of disappearing plankton came out?
I recall reading/knowing of this years ago but cannot place where.
Gore's movie, perhaps?

[Native]

6. NRDC

I gave a speech on this in college over 20 years ago. My research material came from the National Resources Defense Council.

[NoMoreWarNow]

7. but but but, CO2 is plant food!

Seriously, I don't understand how Republicans live with themselves.

[bighughdiehl]

8. "The oceans are dying...

Soylent green is people!"

The movie talked about dying plankton 40 years ago!

[Phhhtttt]

11. Very Disturbing.NT