Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Ocean Acidification, Now Watchable in Real Time

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Ocean Acidification, Now Watchable in Real Time

Click here to access article by Brian Kahn from Climate Central.

Ocean acidification is another result of the excessive burning of fossil fuels required by the capitalist imperative of growth which creates profits and power for a tiny few. The author explains the process of acidification and how it can now be monitored by satellite instruments.

The depressing task of monitoring ocean acidification just got a little easier. A collection of scientists from Europe, the U.S. and India have developed a technique that could provide the first global and nearly real-time assessment of our rapidly acidifying seas.