https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/world-ocean-radio-old/22682 World Ocean Radio Podcast en noreply@thew2o.net https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/159-point-no-return <p>With the ocean we are, in all likelihood, at the point of no return. We know it would take half a century to reverse the acid base in sea water if we halted emissions today, decades for forests, coral reefs, and coastal areas to regenerate, for species of fish to return to prior numbers. In some instances it is already too late, some species having passed no return into extinction. How much more evidence will be needed, example-by-example, until we are forced to admit that the time for decision has come?</p> <p><a href="https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/159-point-no-return" target="_blank">read more</a></p> 4:56 With the ocean we are, in all likelihood, at the point of no return. We know it would take half a century to reverse the acid base in sea water if we halted emissions today, decades for forests, coral reefs, and coastal areas to regenerate, for species of fish to return to prior numbers. In some instances it is already too late, some species having passed no return into extinction. How much more evidence will be needed, example-by-example, until we are forced to admit that the time for decision has come? read more With the ocean we are, in all likelihood, at the point of no return. We know it would take half a century to reverse the acid base in sea water if we halted emissions today, decades for forests, coral reefs, and coastal areas to regenerate, for species of fish to return to prior numbers. In some instances it is already too late, some species having passed no return into extinction. How much more evidence will be needed, example-by-example, until we are forced to admit that the time for decision has come? read more Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:51:12 +0000 https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/files/radio/159_The%20Point%20of%20No%20Return.mp3