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New research shows oxygen depletion in the atmosphere has been accelerating since 2003, coinciding with the biofuels boom.
The Institute of Science in Society (SiS) which published the research says that climate policies that focus exclusively on carbon sequestration could be disastrous for all oxygen-breathing organisms including humans.
Sadly, action to tackle climate change mitigating policies are almost all aimed at reducing CO2 without considering other climate change factors.
Dr. Mae-Wan Ho who compiled the research, reports that within the past several years, scientists have found that oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere has been dropping, and at higher rates than just the amount that goes into the increase of CO2 from burning fossil fuels, some 2 to 4-times as much, and accelerating since 2002-2003. Simultaneously, oxygen levels in the worlds oceans have also been falling. Although the causes for the sudden acceleration in oxygen depletion are yet unclear, changes to natural ecosystems through deforestation and the expansion of agriculture could be playing
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justinert
on Aug 22nd, 2009
@ 6:36 am:
Life itself is dying! The rhetorical tautologies continue…
anon
on Aug 22nd, 2009
@ 9:48 am:
So what is the rate of depletion and the current amount?
Or is this to important to be left to numbers and science?
Roger H
on Aug 22nd, 2009
@ 3:28 pm:
Since most people can become acclimated to life at 10,000 ft altitude in 1 to 3 days, where there is approximately 30 per cent less oxygen, why would we not become acclimated to a 10 percent drop in oxygen at sea level?
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on Aug 24th, 2009
@ 5:58 am:
[...] guess who is at fault? New research shows oxygen depletion in the atmosphere has been accelerating since 2003, coinciding [...]
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on Aug 24th, 2009
@ 5:29 pm:
[...] Here are two new scares the environmentalists are throwing at the wall to see if they stick: Water footprints and oxygen depletion. [...]
John Marshall
on Oct 3rd, 2009
@ 1:54 am:
Where is the data? Over what time scale was it collected? What was the methodology used to analyse this data? Scare stories must be backed up with facts not myth or poor science!
ron from Texas
on Oct 3rd, 2009
@ 6:37 am:
Fortunately, I have a solution to the oxygen shortage. Increase CO2 output, which generates bigger and more plant growth, and you will have more foliage that consumes CO2 and generates oxygen. Nature’s repsonse to CO2 is more plant life and more food. Drive a Hummer for humanity.
Joe
on Oct 3rd, 2009
@ 7:33 am:
So if we stop inhaling, that will take care of the O2 shortage. Then we stop exhaling and that takes care of the CO2 over-abundance. Problem solved.
anon
on Oct 3rd, 2009
@ 10:07 am:
lol? Common, you gotta try harder. This is just tarded.
ray
on Oct 4th, 2009
@ 1:26 pm:
Roger, stop using logic will you. Dont you realize that someones research grant hangs in the balance!
Colin J Ely
on Oct 5th, 2009
@ 5:04 am:
Really! Where is ‘Chicken Little’ when you need him! With the supposed increase in CO2 there is more available for photosynthesis, so more CO2 will be turned into O2. You can’t have it both ways ‘Big Al!’
James Rogers
on Dec 16th, 2009
@ 6:37 am:
Reply to Colin: With increased CO2 there is less photosynthesis available due to deforestation. Wake up!
Have you ever experienced a deep breath? I have, several times a day. Taking deep breath is a sign of hypoxia (lack of oxygen), the cause of which is due to the profligate wastage of that precious life-sustaining element. Reforestation seems to have done little good. It takes too long for a tree to grow, why not plant fields of kudzu?
James Rogers
on Dec 16th, 2009
@ 6:10 pm:
To Roger H: Most people? Who says? Please back up your statement with authoritative research. I look forward to reading it. However, to speak of a 10% reduction of oxygen in the atmosphere is meaningless. There has already been a 75% reduction since the time of oxygen abundance and the current expectation is that in the foreseeable future, the oxygen level will drop world wide to 7%, which will not support biological life. My authorities are Mark and Brownlee, “Rare Planet.”
James Rogers
on Dec 16th, 2009
@ 6:14 pm:
John Marshall: Your question Where is the data? implies there is none. Seems like something a pseudo-scientist might ask. Data on oxygen depletion is abundant. For example, you could look at “Rare Planet” by Mark and Brownlee and check out some of their references.
Dale
on Mar 9th, 2010
@ 4:56 pm:
There’s a link to the full article, you anti-science, intellectual-hating morons.
James Rogers
on Apr 7th, 2010
@ 2:00 pm:
To control oxygen depletion, stop driving automobiles that have combustion engines. They breathe oxygen like starving piranhas. Park your car and ride the bus. Get in the Back to the Balance of Nature movement.
Lex
on Sep 11th, 2010
@ 3:40 pm:
global warming propaganda is failing this is just an other way to control your whole life and tax the sh-t out of you, you gonna hear about plastics a lot too.