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Global Warming: Fish Kill and Food Supply

Scientists are studying a west coast fish kill and guess the effect on the food supply.

Scientists studying the 70-mile-long zone of oxygen-depleted water, along the Continental Shelf between Florence and Lincoln City, conclude that it is being caused by explosive blooms of tiny plants known as phytoplankton, which die and sink to the bottom, then are eaten by bacteria which use up the oxygen in the water.

The recurring phytoplankton blooms are triggered by northerly wind, which generates a process known as upwelling in which nutrient-rich water is brought to the surface from lower depths.

As to the food supply, I don't necessarily agree with the projections. There will be adjustments as to where food can be grown should the climate change. Just because the location changes does not mean it will be more expensive. The lesson of the 20th century is the exact opposite.

Suppose the dinner on your table last night had cost 20 times what it did? Or 50 times as much?

Scientists say global warming very likely has something like that in store in the coming decades.

The agricultural abundance Americans have long taken for granted and the low food prices that go with it, they say, now face a withering enemy — and the recent blows to California agriculture are a taste of things to come.

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posted by Jim VAT @ 6:05 PM