The Natural Resources Defence Council has just released a short video, Acid Test, narrated by Signourey Weaver. It explains the recently recognized impact of CO2 on the oceans. You can watch it below in full. It's not good news.

Unless you've been cherry picking research data in support of ramping up tar sands development, you are probably worried sick about the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. You might even be ready to charge our Prime Minister with treason against living and yet-to-be-born humanity. Understandable. I feel your pain, or something. But are you ready for worse news?

Of course you know that it is not the forests that produce most of the world's oxygen. You know that it is the oceans that do this. The ecosystems of the oceans support land-based life. You know all this. Are you sitting down? The buildup of atmospheric CO2 is having a deleterious impact upon the oceans and devastatingly so. It's a process that has a name. You'll be hearing more about this I am sure. The name is "Ocean Acidification".

Watch this short video for an introduction. I'll followup with more information, or why not get busy researching the topic yourself. It looks as if we have an urgent situation. Our leaders must be brought up to speed. The Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change begins December 7th. I've got three words for you: write, email, phone.

My country, Canada, is one of the largest per capita producers of CO2 in the world and it's not because we need to thaw our buns and heat our homes in a chilly climate. It is because of the failure of industry and government to attend to the carbon emmisions problem and to invest in renewable, clean energy. It's lame excuses, pandering to corporate wants and piss on the generations that follow. Jeez, the embarrassment. The shame of it.
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I thought that climate change was the worst of the news. But now, even the kitchen sink. Even the damn kitchen sink.

It's got to be a call to action. For our grandchildren. Damn the torpitudes!