Marine Pollution Can Harm Kelp Forests?!
Source: ScienceDaily
Date: October 19, 2013
Website: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130717095215.htm
Everyone knows that there is pollution in our oceans, right? Well, did you also know that pollution in the ocean could harm kelp forests?! Apparently it can when I saw this article. Researchers have found combined effects on kelp forests from nutrients of marine pollution and higher CO2. When this happens, we could have a devastating impact in Australia's marine ecosystems. Dr. Bayden Russell, of the University's Environment Institute says that, " When we manipulated CO2 and nutrient levels in an experimental marine ecosystem we found the effect of both of them together was greater than the sum of their individual impacts." From this, we can say that if the pollution and the CO2 combine, they could stop the kelp growth. Dr. Bayden Russell and his team decided to experiment on this. They tried putting pollution and CO2 into tanks and watched until six months later. When that happened, they measured the growth of turf algae which is a precursor to kelp forest loss. As the turf algae grows, it took over the place of the kelp. Next, they tried it without the pollution, but kept the CO2 and watched until six months later. When that happened, they saw that the turf algae was removed by 75%. They are continuing to experiment on this to find a solution.
I chose to write about this article because it seemed interesting to me. It seemed interesting to me because how if we don't think about the problems in the ocean early on, it would only get worse. Once all the pollution and CO2 destroy all the kelp, what will the fish do then? What would Patrick from SpongeBob do? He eats kelp cereal for breakfast everyday. What will Patrick do if he can't get his cereal? I'll tell you what he would do, he would make that surprised face of his, like the face of him up there. Fish other than Patrick eat kelp too, what would they do? That is exactly what is happening in this article.
Sometimes you wonder what would happen if we just let it be. What if we ignore the pollution and the higher CO2? What if we let the kelp forest die out? Well, as everyone knows from earlier on in this article, when Dr. Bayden Russell experimented on it, he saw that the turf algae would have took over the place of the kelp. Therefore, it was a good idea that Dr. Bayden Russell and his group experimented on this, so now we know how to further solve this problem before it was too late. Well, my article ends here. Thank you for always reading my articles and I hope to see you reading more of them in the future. I'll see you later. Peace!
I chose to write about this article because it seemed interesting to me. It seemed interesting to me because how if we don't think about the problems in the ocean early on, it would only get worse. Once all the pollution and CO2 destroy all the kelp, what will the fish do then? What would Patrick from SpongeBob do? He eats kelp cereal for breakfast everyday. What will Patrick do if he can't get his cereal? I'll tell you what he would do, he would make that surprised face of his, like the face of him up there. Fish other than Patrick eat kelp too, what would they do? That is exactly what is happening in this article.
Sometimes you wonder what would happen if we just let it be. What if we ignore the pollution and the higher CO2? What if we let the kelp forest die out? Well, as everyone knows from earlier on in this article, when Dr. Bayden Russell experimented on it, he saw that the turf algae would have took over the place of the kelp. Therefore, it was a good idea that Dr. Bayden Russell and his group experimented on this, so now we know how to further solve this problem before it was too late. Well, my article ends here. Thank you for always reading my articles and I hope to see you reading more of them in the future. I'll see you later. Peace!