Glad you enjoyed the video.DanCar wrote:Perhaps we should all help with the poo poo namis(1:40). lol Thanks for posting that video.AndyH wrote:
Do you see the complex web of functions and the way the system is balanced?
Glad you enjoyed the video.DanCar wrote:Perhaps we should all help with the poo poo namis(1:40). lol Thanks for posting that video.AndyH wrote:
http://dec.alaska.gov/air/am/rad/radstudies.htmRadionuclides in the Arctic Seas from the Former Soviet Union: Potential Health and Ecological Risks; US DOE, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, November 1, 1997, UCRL-CR-136696
Even though we have very inexpensive ways to bioremediate the soil and the water in storage, it's easier to dump some in the Pacific and build waste dumps for the area's soils. Wouldn't be good to grow rice in soil contaminated with plutonium, anyway......these depletions most likely result from radiation exposure due to the Fukushima nuclear accident, implying that the risk of radionuclide contamination is considerably elevated for Streaked Shearwaters on MKR, where more than 60% of the world’s population breeds. While additional negative impacts are expected due to delayed effects of radionuclide transport via biomagnification in the food chain, this study highlights the potential immediate and worrisome consequences of the Fukushima nuclear accident for marine wildlife.
LAST WEEK’S ABJECT apology by Japanese environment minister Nobuteru Ishihara to Fukushima Prefecture officials underscores how serious the problem of contaminated-soil storage has become in that country....
In December 2013, Tokyo announced that it would spend almost $1 billion to store 132,738 tonnes of radioactive soil already removed from near the crippled power plant. No towns came forward to offer to sell the approximately three to five square kilometres of land estimated to be needed to build the supposedly “interim” facility to house the waste, currently stored temporarily in different locations around Japan.
(That plan covers less than 150,000 tons of soil. Greenpeace International has claimed that as of February 2013, more than four million tons of radioactive waste had been produced.)
Not sure what balance you are referring too. There is the important of whales pointed out, but only states how more is better. I do find it interesting that if poop is that much value to the plankton then there is plenty of that to go around.AndyH wrote:Do you see the complex web of functions and the way the system is balanced?
This is the problem, Dan. The video describes a complex web of balanced interactions that is highly resilient but under extreme stress.DanCar wrote:Not sure what balance you are referring too.AndyH wrote:Do you see the complex web of functions and the way the system is balanced?
Why do you not answer the question about balancing? And the poop comment is real. There is plenty to go around, so if it is helpful to the plankton we should be spreading it around.AndyH wrote:This is the problem, Dan. The video describes a complex web of balanced interactions that is highly resilient but under extreme stress.DanCar wrote:Not sure what balance you are referring too.
Why is it so easy for us to miss the balancing acts while we giggle about poop?
Dan - the balance - that a complex web exists and how the keystone species in that web is being negatively affected by humans - is a major part of the video!DanCar wrote:Why do you not answer the question about balancing? And the poop comment is real. There is plenty to go around, so if it is helpful to the plankton we should be spreading it around.AndyH wrote:This is the problem, Dan. The video describes a complex web of balanced interactions that is highly resilient but under extreme stress.DanCar wrote:Not sure what balance you are referring too.
Why is it so easy for us to miss the balancing acts while we giggle about poop?
Sorry, that doesn't meet the definition of balance. A complex web does not mean balance. You seem to think that complexity is a major point. I don't. And I wouldn't call it complex. I would call it unintuitive and or not easily discoverable, but it is relatively simple circle of life. And that simple circle of life might be strengthened by spreading some poop.AndyH wrote:Dan - the balance - that a complex web exists and how the keystone species in that web is being negatively affected by humans - is a major part of the video!
I didn't say the web was the balance, though, did I?DanCar wrote:Sorry, that doesn't meet the definition of balance. A complex web does not mean balance. You seem to think that complexity is a major point. I don't. And I wouldn't call it complex. I would call it unintuitive and or not easily discoverable, but it is relatively simple circle of life. And that simple circle of life might be strengthened by spreading some poop.AndyH wrote:Dan - the balance - that a complex web exists and how the keystone species in that web is being negatively affected by humans - is a major part of the video!
These videos are very well done - I'm glad it was useful.DanCar wrote:Thanks!now I understand why we are putting back the wolves.