South American Squid Turning Up Off Alaska - Reuters

[hatrack]

OSLO - South American "Red Devil" squid found off Alaska and jellyfish plaguing the Mediterranean may point to vast disruptions in the seas linked to global warming, pollution or over-fishing, experts say.

Fish such as salmon and mackerel have also been spotted in the Arctic, far north of their normal ranges, in a possible vanguard of wrenching billion-dollar shifts in world fish stocks this century caused by warming oceans. "There will be some places where ocean productivity will increase," said Ron O'Dor, senior scientist of the Census of Marine Life, a 10-year project in more than 70 nations to map the diversity of the oceans. "The story of global warming is going to be good for some people and bad for others," he added.

Many scientists say that gases emitted by burning fossil fuels -- coal, gas and oil -- are blanketing the planet and driving up temperatures, threatening to spur more floods, heatwaves, erosion and rising sea levels. Warmer oceans are likely to add to older marine threats such as pollution and over-fishing and upset the habitats of everything from crabs and Mediterranean jellyfish to "Red Devil" squid and whales.

As species shift, tropical regions, or almost enclosed seas such as the Mediterranean where fish cannot swim far if the water gets uncomfortably warm, may be among the most vulnerable. "Areas close to the equator will most likely be the losers while the northern or southern areas might be the winners," said Harald Loeng, head of research in oceanography and climate at the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research.

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http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37770/story.htm

[Blue_In_AK]

1. I don't know anything about squids

but I know that we have a late run of reds in the Kenai that's TWICE what they expected. There's some weird stuff going on.

[bahrbearian]

4. How were the Red runs in the Bay and Peninsula?

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Reds (and everything else) everywhere.

We've had a banner season. Here's some old kings for you in the Gulkana River about two weeks ago.

[nam78_two]

2. Can't help but wonder sometimnes

if we have broken the planet beyond repair :(
I still have hope though...gotta have hope....

[phantom power]

6. The old biosphere will be ravaged.

A strange new world will rise from the old. A world of savagery, super-science and sorcery.

No, wait, I'm channeling old Thundarr the Barbarian cartoons.

But really, think of the Cambrian explosion, which eventually followed the Permian extinction. We're about to go on the Permian Extinction Theme Park Ride. A new biosphere will eventually grow back. None of us will live to see it.

[elehhhhna]

3. Also mantee way north on the east coast.

[Swede Atlanta]

5. The Rapture?

Is this also part of the Rapture? I can't find my end-times reference manual.

[Kailassa]

8. Yes, the giant squid are getting ready to be raptured too.

They will fight it out with the Christians on their way up.

[hatrack]

9. Not to worry - Jesus' skills as a plastic surgeon will heal sucker marks

:evilgrin:

[Kailassa]

10. A plastic Jesus is going to operate on the suckers' marks?

:evilgrin: