Thanks to Jean François Marailhac Disappearance of phytoplankton Cause No. 2 Pollution Blog Oceanographic No. 57 / Scaph Pro Team Without you great explanations, all people have in mind the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Oil spills affect phytoplankton, like the use of dispersants by the oil companies would be even more destructive than the oil itself. It is certain that if nations give blank checks to the oil companies, the entire humanity will pay a day note. For example, recent surveys of the BP company in the Arctic is a major concern. The tragic consequences of an oil spill in the Arctic we imagine a hostile environment where cleaning would be extremely difficult and costly. Human activity also causes mercury spills and other toxic chemicals. You can find everything in the oceans, DDT, PCBs, furans, mercury, lead, cadmium. A new threat appears to be ammunition aboard warships since World War II. A large number of boats packed with ammunition sank intact and sleeves of these munitions begin to dissolve into the sea, a cocktail which the sea could happen. In the case of mercury, it is known that mercury vapor from plants to fall further as precipitation of rain or snow. What is worrying is that mercury is as far as in the cold waters where phytoplankton is the most abundant.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 13:00:00 +0000