19/07/2022
⚠️BREAKING NEWS⚠️
A research team has spent two years collecting water samples from across the Atlantic, and in a dire warning states the Atlantic Ocean is “Pretty much dead”.
The scientists from the Global Oceanic Environmental Survey warn there are only a few years left before the consequences become catastrophically clear when fish, whales and dolphins become extinct, with grave implications for the planet.
In the report the researchers state: “An environmental catastrophe is unfolding. We believe humanity could adapt to global warming and extreme weather changes [However] It is our view that humanity will not survive the extinction of most marine plants and animals.”
“Given that plankton is the life-support system for the planet and humanity cannot survive without it, the result is disturbing,” says marine biologist and former Scottish Government adviser Dr Howard Dryden. “It will be gone in around 25 years. Our results confirmed a 90% reduction in primary productivity in the Atlantic. Effectively, the Atlantic Ocean is now pretty much dead.”
Previously, it was thought the amount of plankton had halved since the 1940s, but the evidence gathered by the team suggest 90% has now vanished.
Plankton, which affect everything from oxygen production, carbon absorption, the formation of clouds, and therefore the planets climate, need healthy oceans to thrive. However pollution, poaching and fishing pressures have wreaked so much havoc in the marine ecosystem that these microscopic foundations of life are now vanishing in what could be the final straw for our seas.
Here at Seaspiracy, we can only attempt to express the urgency and deep sadness we feel about this shocking news.
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