Strange Days on Planet Earth w/ Edward Norton. Episode 2

wacki · #1 05-01-2005, 05:09 PM

I missed the first one, "the 1 degree factor" but the second one was really good. It was much better then I expected and amazingly I learned a lot.
Introduced in this thread

Episode 2 was about how the life on our planet is has been dying over the past few decades. Since 1960 90% of the large ocean fish have disappeared. Also, in Yellowstone not a single aspen tree has popped up since 1930. All of the aspen in Yellowstone is at least 70 years old.

The reason? The removal of predators. It was amazing, wolves were killed off in Yellowstone in 1930 and the herbivores went out of control, and the landscape became barren. It has remained that way for 70 years. Beavers, birds, and ducks have been absent from many parts of Yellowstone for decades. Many parts were like a desert. 4 years after the wolves were reintroduced beavers came back, ducks, came back, and the vegetation started growing again. The aerial photos from 1930, modern pre wolf reintroduction, and 4 years after wolf reintroduction were amazing. It was hard for even me to believe the difference.

The ocean is being over run with algae which kills the coral reefs and then everything ends up dead. This is because fisherman are catching all of the fish that eat the algae. Like I said before, the ocean has lost 90% of it's big fish since 1960.

I had no idea.....

Episode 3 is about our water supply.

A_C_Slater · #2 05-01-2005, 05:11 PM

Get a job hippie.

peachy · #3 05-01-2005, 05:13 PM

There is no way for them to accurately assess the # of large fish "missing" hahaha ur supposed to be a smart man...come on now

pre-that many yrs ago we didnt even have the technology to keep up with what was in the ocean...and even know we cant get a solid count on whats there and whats not there...the ocean is a bit big and deep last time i checked

wacki · #4 05-01-2005, 05:15 PM

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Get a job hippie.

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I have one, and a damn good one too. Also, 90% reduction in large fish directly effects you everytime you want to buy some seafood. Just think about it. It's common sense economics.

peachy · #5 05-01-2005, 05:16 PM

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Get a job hippie.

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I have one, and a damn good one too. Also, 90% reduction in large fish directly effects you evertime you want to buy some seafood. Just think about it. It's common sense economics.

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thank god i hate seafood then LOL

wacki · #6 05-01-2005, 05:18 PM

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I don't know why you are responding to me, I've had you on ignore for a very long time. You know that.

wacki · #7 05-01-2005, 05:32 PM

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There is no way for them to accurately assess the # of large fish "missing" hahaha ur supposed to be a smart man...come on now

pre-that many yrs ago we didnt even have the technology to keep up with what was in the ocean...and even know we cant get a solid count on whats there and whats not there...the ocean is a bit big and deep last time i checked

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Errr, because of the importance of the matter I decided to unignore you for a few seconds. It amazes me you managed to pass undergraduate biology classes.

Now it's my time to prove you wrong again....

Some stuff

Some more stuff

Some CNN stuff

From NOAA:
http://www.noaa.gov/nmfs/problem.html

Fishing btw, is a business that is in the tens of billions of dollars.

Blarg · #8 05-01-2005, 10:32 PM

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There is no way for them to accurately assess the # of large fish "missing" hahaha ur supposed to be a smart man...come on now

pre-that many yrs ago we didnt even have the technology to keep up with what was in the ocean...and even know we cant get a solid count on whats there and whats not there...the ocean is a bit big and deep last time i checked

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It's called statistical sampling. Like the guy who runs the Nielsen ratings system said, if you don't believe in sampling, next time they take blood, tell them to take all of it.

wacki · #9 05-02-2005, 12:47 AM

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It's called statistical sampling. Like the guy who runs the Nielsen ratings system said, if you don't believe in sampling, next time they take blood, tell them to take all of it.

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That's a pretty good quote. I'll have to remember that.

theBruiser500 · #10 05-02-2005, 01:21 AM

this show sounds good, what cna i do now to see it is it too late!??!