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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
I have a marine aquarium and really enjoy snorkeling and diving whenever I can do it, which is only once every five or ten years... mostly because I like to do it on the Great Barrier Reef. I've been twice now and it always leaves me speechless it's so beautiful and complex.
I've always been skeptical of global warming as a permanent trend or shift in climate temps, but seeing coral reefs around the world recede the way they have due to a two degree increase has me rethinking my current position on the matter.
My hope is that we are experiencing just another warming cycle and that technology and communication are bringing it to light far more today than in any cycle before this time.
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I am not sure about how much water is the worlds oceans, but I think it's more than 100 gallons, right.
The USGS also estimates that 96.5% of that water is in the planets oceans.
96.5%
X (1,100,000,000,000 gallons per cubic mile)
X (326,000,000 cubic miles)
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= 346,049,000,000,000,000,000 gallons.
So, it really takes a big change to happen over many, many decades. Maybe it's the underwater volcanoes heating up the water. I really don't see how top temperature could effect this much water. I think what's causing most of the damage is chemicals washing off land masses into the oceans...