Comments on: Our Dying Oceans http://centerblue.org/82/our-dying-oceans/ Center-left commentary for a world in trouble Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: centerblue http://centerblue.org/82/our-dying-oceans/comment-page-1/#comment-388 centerblue Sun, 20 Aug 2006 06:20:52 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2006/07/30/our-dying-oceans/#comment-388 I hear you..here in DC the cherry blossoms have been blossoming so early that they were already gone by the time we had the cherry blossom festival, which had previously always coincided with the blooms. They ended up having to move the festival earlier by several weeks. I've heard of the pine beetle menace..it's really very sad. I hear you..here in DC the cherry blossoms have been blossoming so early that they were already gone by the time we had the cherry blossom festival, which had previously always coincided with the blooms. They ended up having to move the festival earlier by several weeks.

I’ve heard of the pine beetle menace..it’s really very sad.

]]> By: kathy kelley http://centerblue.org/82/our-dying-oceans/comment-page-1/#comment-379 kathy kelley Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:07:05 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2006/07/30/our-dying-oceans/#comment-379 My husband and I visited British Columbia in July. He saw 'colorful' trees, large numbers of them intermixed with the pines and wondered what they could be. Turned out ... DEAD is what they are. The pine beetle requires periods of adequate cold weather to kill it or put it into dormancy long enough to prevent rampant spread throughout pine forests. We estimated that 1/4 to 1/3 of the pines are gone in British Columbia. They cannot harvest them fast enough to slow the spread of the beetle and the inevitable death of the trees in which they bore and lay eggs. In my own garden, the growing season is off by about a month. What consequences does this have on a finely tuned ecosystem in which each element depends on the other for survival? Will bees and migrating birds that pollinate and spread seed be present when plants start a full month later than usual? What about the birds and insects who feed on parts of plants that may not be ready when the birds need them? Obvious ... I know ... but distressing. What will our children and grandchildren face on a once beautiful synchronous planet? My husband and I visited British Columbia in July.
He saw ‘colorful’ trees, large numbers of them intermixed with the pines and wondered what they could be. Turned out …
DEAD is what they are.
The pine beetle requires periods of adequate cold weather to kill it or put it into dormancy long enough to prevent rampant spread throughout pine forests.
We estimated that 1/4 to 1/3 of the pines are gone in British Columbia. They cannot harvest them fast enough to slow the spread of the beetle and the inevitable death of the trees in which they bore and lay eggs.
In my own garden, the growing season is off by about a month. What consequences does this have on a finely tuned ecosystem in which each element depends on the other for survival? Will bees and migrating birds that pollinate and spread seed be present when plants start a full month later than usual? What about the birds and insects who feed on parts of plants that may not be ready when the birds need them?
Obvious … I know … but distressing. What will our children and grandchildren face on a once beautiful synchronous planet?

]]> By: centerblue http://centerblue.org/82/our-dying-oceans/comment-page-1/#comment-157 centerblue Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:58:31 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2006/07/30/our-dying-oceans/#comment-157 I hear you, and agree. I hear you, and agree.

]]> By: Delia http://centerblue.org/82/our-dying-oceans/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Delia Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:47:52 +0000 http://centerblue.org/2006/07/30/our-dying-oceans/#comment-156 This problem is also starting here in Puerto Rico our beaches are not safe to bath in anymore we cant take our children out to the beach because of our own ignorance. The beaches are contaminated people are getting nasty rashes and other things. Please we need people like greenpeace to help stop the ignorance and help us clean up our act. I feel for California and other countrys that have this same problem, but we also need help and soon before is to late and all of our water are highlly contaminated and all is lost that how I feel because nothing is beig don ,and the goverment says ther's no money we dont need money to educate correctlly. That is the most important start. This problem is also starting here in Puerto Rico our beaches are not safe to bath in anymore we cant take our children out to the beach because of our own ignorance. The beaches are contaminated people are getting nasty rashes and other things. Please we need people like greenpeace to help stop the ignorance and help us clean up our act. I feel for California and other countrys that have this same problem, but we also need help and soon before is to late and all of our water are highlly contaminated and all is lost that how I feel because nothing is beig don ,and the goverment says ther’s no money we dont need money to educate correctlly. That is the most important start.

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