[MAIPC] Rachel Carson, Tourism and Invasive Spread

[frazmo]

In addition to the nightmarish plastics problem, overfishing continues to
be a huge issue. And, invasive species cause harm to oceanic ecosystems as
well. The Lionfish in the Atlantic and Caribbean is one scary example:

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish.html

And OK, sorry for the brief departure from invasive plants! ;-)  Cheers,
"Arlington VA Steve Young"

On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Steve Young <sly27 at cornell.edu> wrote:

> Unfortunately, all is not well with the oceans and this time we are the
> invasive species. Time to clean up our act, which Rachel Carson would
> probably agree. Check this out: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
> science/2017/02/11/seas-have-become-plastic-graveyard-can-
> technology-turn-tide/
>
> Steve
>
>
> On 2/24/17, 8:47 AM, "MAIPC on behalf of HTI Gmail" <
> maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org on behalf of historictimekeepers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Wife got me a copy of "The Sea Around Us".
>
>     Two things.  One,  Amy, Carson documents some of the impacts of
>     "tourism" on ecological communities.
>
>     Secondly, she describes oceans teeming with life that literally makes
>     the surface boil at night.  Has there been a recent work that more or
>     less looks at these same thing today?
>
>     This book has made me much more aware of what goes on in the oceans.
>     Easy to see why it was a best seller.
>
>     --
>     Regards,
>
>     Dewey Clark,
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>
>     Dewey Clark
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