Kevin Drum | Mother Jones
By Kevin Drum
| Tue Aug. 24, 2010 8:47 AM PDT (I am unable to directly link article, scroll down to the 24th)
This attitude is what makes climate science so creepy. Science is science and politics is politics. When politics is paraded around as science, SCIENCE SUFFERS! How is the layman supposed to separate fact from opinion when even superstar journals like Science and Nature are letting propaganda slide?
Haven't seen this before, but your point is taken. Too little depth of research to make a conclusion. So, let's do the research. Like the research done here;
Plankton, base of ocean food web, in big decline - U.S. news - Environment - Climate Change - msnbc.com
By SETH BORENSTEIN
updated 7/28/2010 1:53:14 PM ET
Share Print Font: +-WASHINGTON Despite their tiny size, plant plankton found in the world's oceans are crucial to much of life on Earth. They are the foundation of the bountiful marine food web, produce half the world's oxygen and suck up harmful carbon dioxide.
They also are declining sharply.
Worldwide phytoplankton levels are down 40 percent since the 1950s, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The probable cause is global warming, which makes it hard for the plant plankton to get vital nutrients, researchers say.
The numbers are both staggering and disturbing, say the Canadian scientists who did the study and a top U.S. government scientist.
Interesting that the claim is due to global warming and yet the plankton seem to be able to survive quite well up to a temp of around 45C. After that there are a couple of species that do well up to 58C. And the last time I looked 45C is around 113 degrees F. Can't seem to recall the ocean getting that hot anywhere, well save at a volcanic vent of course.
This from a study on plankton survival from a nuc plant outflow.
Plankton composition, abundance and dynamics in a severely stressed cooling reservoir
With all of the poisens we dump into the ocean, the death of any sea life being attributed to global warming is a little like attributing the death of Los Angeles gang member gun shot victims to global warming.