Probably because of commentors Black Flag and Trish, for daring to live a 21st century lifestyle
A single-celled alga that went extinct in the North Atlantic Ocean about 800,000 years ago has returned after drifting from the Pacific through the Arctic thanks to melting polar ice. And while its appearance marks the first trans-Arctic migration in modern times, scientists say it signals something potentially bigger.
“It is an indicator of rapid change and what might come if the Arctic continues to melt,” said Chris Reid, a professor of oceanography at the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science in the United Kingdom.
I’m missing the downside to this. They call it a plankton in the headline. Plankton is one of the primary photo-synthesizers, turning CO2 into Oxygen. Sea life also loves eating plankton. So, this seems to be a good thing.
Arctic sea ice has been in decline for roughly three decades, and in several more recent summers, a passage has opened up between the Pacific and Atlantic. In as little as 30 years, Arctic summers are projected to become nearly ice free.
Oh, really? Really? Really??? (Steven Goddard has plenty more in the archives)
In 2010, a gray whale appeared in the Mediterranean Sea. This species was thought to be confined to the Pacific Ocean, disappearing from the North Atlantic in the 1700s. This whale’s voyage was most likely made possible by shrinking Arctic sea ice, concluded researchers writing in the journal Marine Biodiversity Research.
Again, this is a bad thing, why?
Declining Arctic sea ice reached a milestone in the summer of 1998 when the ice pulled back completely from the Arctic coasts of Alaska and Canada, opening up the Northwest passage through which the diatom may have passed, Reid and colleagues write in their report of the diatom’s return published in the journal Global Change Biology in 2007.
1998…..hmm, isn’t that when we had that massive El Nino?
Like most introduced or returning species, (the alga) will likely settle into a niche, he said.
However, its arrival is likely a precursor to others, such as fish from the Pacific, with potentially greater impacts on life in the North Atlantic, he said.
Amazing how the Warmists suddenly forget all about belief in Darwinism and evolution. Apparently, they believe the Earth is a static ecosystem which should never change.
