edkwon
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i was reading a random piece on global warming, melting ice caps and coastline flooding across the globe, it made me wonder about things the article didnt address, the impact on ocean life. i dont know anything about ocean marine life so my questions are based on assumptions which maybe totally wrong.
ok so if the polar caps melt enough to flood major coastal cities and into major river deltas to flood signicant amts of inland, isnt that a significant amt of fresh water to dilute out the saline content of the worlds oceans, and if so how much will saline percentage drop? also how much will that affect or kill native oceam life across the globe?
all i know is i have friends who keep tropical saltwater fish tanks and they say one of the things that makes taking care of these fish such a pain is that they have to be pretty careful about saline content, a little too high or low and their fish can die pretty easy. of course i dont know what are acceptable tolerances.
any educated input is welcome.
ok so if the polar caps melt enough to flood major coastal cities and into major river deltas to flood signicant amts of inland, isnt that a significant amt of fresh water to dilute out the saline content of the worlds oceans, and if so how much will saline percentage drop? also how much will that affect or kill native oceam life across the globe?
all i know is i have friends who keep tropical saltwater fish tanks and they say one of the things that makes taking care of these fish such a pain is that they have to be pretty careful about saline content, a little too high or low and their fish can die pretty easy. of course i dont know what are acceptable tolerances.
any educated input is welcome.