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Environmental Action: Disheartening news: acid oceans
Bonaire Talk: Environmental Action: Archives 2008-2009: Disheartening news: acid oceans
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Leo Irakliotis (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #190) on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 5:51 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

From today's BBC News:


quote:

The world's marine ecosystems risk being severely damaged by ocean acidification unless there are dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions, warn scientists.
Source: BBC News.


 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jerry C Ligon (BonaireTalker - Post #22) on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 8:50 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Red Algae is making a comeback. It has been since the middle of October when Omar came in with enough force to remove a lot of sand and redistribute the landscape in the shallows. It also removed the dark red layer of algae that had been building up for a few years. I am now seeing the return of this red algae on the sand and on the rubble and non-living remains of coral heads. It appears that living coral can keep this algae from attacking it, but it is building up around the living coral heads. Not only along the north coast is this algae coming back, but the sites that are down-wind from Plaza and Belnam on Klein Bonaire also are showing the return of the red algae.
It gives me much concern that we may still be dumping sewage from the resorts. We do not know how many trucks are being used to take away the sewage before overflowing onto the reef. Does anyone keep records of the number of trucks being used and which resorts have actually increased their call for the trucks?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dara Walter (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #773) on Friday, January 30, 2009 - 9:56 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hey, Jer, miss our training rides up the north coast......I can still picture every twist and turn in the road in my mind as I'm peddling along on my stationary bike tho!

Reading this thread just reminds me of my concern about water quality and water testing. With all the diving I did with Ellen from her house up to the marina, I was always a little nervous about sewage from the boats. Do they do any regular water testig around the island to confirm the micro load is acceptable and there aren't any nasty bugs around not to mention phosphates and other chemicals?

 


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