| Sunday, February 19, 2006 |
| What's Killing All Those Whales? |
I can't tell you just how much today's New York Times article worries me. It would be one thing if it were a pod of whales of the same species, but the fact that they are humpbacks, fins, greys, and a mink, and that they all died at sea prior to washing up on the beach as opposed to a massive beaching of a single pod, really says that there is something out there that is affecting these gorgeous mammals. And if the whales are affected, then porpoises, seals and other marine mammals may be too, although they are perhaps too small to wash up as a carcass.
First there were over fifty whales stranded in NZ over New Year's that were unable to be saved in a mass beaching, then there was the errant whale that captivated Londoners just a few short weeks later, now this, and we're less than eight weeks into the year.
This latest mystery out of Mexico however, really, really, needs to be answered - and quickly. For every carcass washing up on shore, how many more are simply sinking to the sea floor? And more importantly, why?
If you want to really worry, Google the terms: increase + "whale deaths", and read just the top 10 articles of over 9,000 hits. |
posted by Broadsheet @ 12:15 PM   |
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You have to wonder if this is another ramification of the climate changes that humans are imposing on the ecosystem.
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Undoubtedly. Like frogs and amphibians are to the terasphere, so are whales and coral reefs to the hydrosphere. The canaries of the ecosystem.
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60 Minutes did a story on global warming and how Bush won't enact any policies restricting combustion based energy. I wonder if Rush is still calling it a liberal farce.
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You have to wonder if this is another ramification of the climate changes that humans are imposing on the ecosystem.