Yes, I was aware of that too. What d'you want me to do about it? I'm not the sole cause.

I'll say again, we're screwing the world sideways.

>The algea is even a problem blocking light below it, consuming the oxygen from the water and killing off parts of the food chain.
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>http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/pollution/010nutrients.html
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>>>>Yes, that being 2000, and the curve is in cyan, but I can't relate the industrial revolution inset to the very steep line on the graph. If we discouunt the black line exprapolation then the height isn't much more than the previous peaks.
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>>>>In any case, I can't refute that CO2 levels have gone up - they're bound to with so many millions of us burning, so the latest graph peak has a boost from us. Thing is, I'm not so worried about it. CO2 is plant food - positive feedback.
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>>>And the fact that there are far fewer trees than there once were to use that CO2 doesn't bother you at all? Not to mention the fact that there will be less and less plant life as human societies expand more and more.
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>>Yes, that does bother me. OTOH, the Atlantic algal bloom (visible from space - and which is attributed with more O2 prodn. than the rest of the terrestrial world) will grow to compensate. Also, as I've said, with increased CO2 what plants there are will be bigger and yield more O2.
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>>Heh, I'm not saying "what a wonderful world!" - my heart breaks when I see what we're doing to it. Don't get me wrong. I see nowt wrong with hedging your bets and do all I can to reduce my footprint (I even go around switching colleaugues periopherals off at night); I'd rather have the Amazonian rainforests than a great big splurge of green ocean any day. I won't entertain the prospect of buying hardwood furniture, or eating a Big Mac or BK. If everyone did that then deforestation would reduce dramatically.
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