Today, I found this fairly recent video about the current scientific work and concerns of the ocean acidification produced by Cassandra Brooks from the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Centre. It summarizes what I've been posting in my blog entries so far very nicely, analysing the ocean acidification problem from the past to the present. Towards the end of this video, some interesting questions were posted in regards to the future of our oceans which I found it quite thought-provoking. For instance, the latest hatchery and oyster growing strategies of pumping seawater only during times with low CO2, but these strategies might be rather short term. Or, maybe ocean acidification is not as bad as it sounds!As said in this video, marine organisms might be able to adapt the acidifying ocean. But again, we don't know whether they will be able to based on our current scientific knowledge. The situation is simply too uncertain.
Indeed, there are many ocean acidification critics out there who simply think that all these are all exaggerated. So, before drawing any conclusions, I would like to explore critiques of this ocean acidification phenomenon in the following week. Let's see who to believe!
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