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Datwasntme's photo
Fri 05/22/15 09:52 AM
if i was a praying man , i would pray for us all


Pacific Ocean off California coast turning into desert-like dead zone

http://www.naturalnews.com/049796_sea_lions_Pacific_Ocean_Fukushima.html

(NaturalNews) It's anyone's guess why temperatures in the Pacific Ocean are heating up off the coast of Southern California. Is a natural El Ni�o effect occurring, or is there something more sinister happening under the blue ocean waters?

Off the coast of California, drastic signs of a rapidly changing Pacific Ocean are cropping up. Warmer currents have forced species of fish away from the coast. A massive fish migration, coupled with typical overfishing, has led to dwindling populations of key species like sardines, oysters, shellfish, scallops and krill. As the aquatic species move away from the coast in search of a better habitat, the sentinel California sea lion population is suffering. In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reports that more than 3,000 sea lion pups have become stranded in 2015. The Marine Mammal Center is sending out veterinarians to rescue the stranded sea lions so they can be nursed back to health.

Shawn Johnson, head veterinarian for the Marine Mammal Center, reported in March: "We're having a tsunami of sea lions... it's been incredible." Johnson says the most devastated areas are in southern California, and they are finding emaciated sea lions on practically every beach. "The lucky ones are making it to the beaches where we can find them," Johnson reports. "The biologists out on the rookeries are saying that a whole cohort of these pups, thousands and thousands, are not surviving," he said.

Record number of sea lions pups being rescued as their food disappears
It's very unusual to see the pups alone in the winter months. They aren't usually left alone until early summer. According to experts, the parent pups are embarking on longer journeys just to find food. The NOAA reports that May 2015 could become the worst month on record, with 215 rescued in the first five days of the month.

Justin Viezbicke of the NOAA says, "The main contributing factor that we're looking at right now and talking about with the biologists and climatologists on the Channel Islands [a major sea lion rookery] is the lack of upwelling. We haven't had the strong north winds that drive the currents that create it, and because it hasn't materialized - it's moved the prey further and deeper from the moms that are foraging."

Laura Scherr of the Marine Mammal Center adds that the pups are more vulnerable to parasites and pneumonia than ever before. "They're coming in very emaciated - really just a bag of bones near death," she reports.

Experts shocked as California coast becomes like a desert dead zone
One of the most telling signs that a dangerous shift has occurred is in the appearance of the waters just off the coast. The experts are worried about the emergence of crystal clear waters. These clear, shimmering blue waters indicate that the ocean is becoming a desert land void of life.

The NOAA reports that the waters are becoming so transparent that it's possible to see the sandy bottom below, and that's not a good thing. As life migrates away from the coast, parent sea lion pups are leaving for up to a week at a time to find food. Bewildered pups end up on the shore, frail and disoriented. Viezbicke believes the problem is a regional one and not indicative of larger patterns of global warming. Even as rescue centers are overwhelmed, Viezbicke says the massive die-off is all part of a natural cycle and thinks that the sea lions are a victim of their own success.

Nevertheless, the NOAA plans to continue studying the travesty as researchers look for deeper, underlying problems like infectious diseases and algal blooms. While investigating further, could these regional ocean changes be sparked by the first waves of radioactivity that have leaked out into the Pacific from the infamous Fukushima explosion? As the NOAA witnesses the California coast morphing into a desert-like dead zone, could this really be repercussions of radioactive waters?

Sources:

http://enenews.com

http://www.theguardian.com

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Fri 05/22/15 11:48 AM
Edited by Sojourning_Soul on Fri 05/22/15 12:01 PM

Might be time to buy some Arizona beach front property........

And just as the new Dwayne Johnson movie comes out too......



And with Jade Helm 15 going on in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico........ taking troops from Cali...... the vanishing water reserves and drought in So Cali

One might wonder what we're not being told..... and why there's no rush to close the southern border.....

yellowrose10's photo
Fri 05/22/15 11:49 AM
Escape from LA with Kurt Russell comes to mind

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Fri 05/22/15 12:04 PM

Escape from LA with Kurt Russell comes to mind


I think If I lived there I'd be looking into my options for departure

Rock's photo
Fri 05/22/15 10:26 PM
The water is always warm,
near where Pelosi swims.
Pool pissin' old hag.

PacificStar48's photo
Fri 05/22/15 10:52 PM
I live in Sacramento and I sure don't like the things I am hearing. It is not just the seals but deep water fish/mammals like whales that are washing up on multiple coasts.

And pipelines breaking?

What bothers me is the number of trees that are dying weather it is the lack of water or the contaminated water table some of their feet rest in. It would appear there is sewer spills or maybe just radio active sub ocean water tables even ocean back wash.

I sure wish I did not live below sea level behind the so called reinforced levees.

Maybe all the corporations that are going out of state aren't just because the taxes are bad but the corporate property has serious substructure problems. Guess that jazzy car company that moved to Reno thought a water soaked luxury car would not sell well.

Guess we will see what El Nino does to California. I am not sure Mexico wants California or Texas back.

Dodo_David's photo
Fri 05/22/15 10:56 PM

While investigating further, could these regional ocean changes be sparked by the first waves of radioactivity that have leaked out into the Pacific from the infamous Fukushima explosion? As the NOAA witnesses the California coast morphing into a desert-like dead zone, could this really be repercussions of radioactive waters?


rofl Whoever wrote the above-quoted statement needs a lesson in nuclear physics.

no photo
Fri 05/22/15 11:11 PM
The ONLY thing in all California news, in the last 6 months, that I believe is... sea life beaching themselves, because that is happening all over the world

The rest nope.... think

* And we do have the technology to give the state fresh water. But NO water story is s great reason for a mass exodus, which is working already *

metalwing's photo
Sat 05/23/15 02:47 AM
The warming has been going on for awhile. One of the more interesting effects is the huge influx of man-eating squid! They are moving into California waters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkl312lldQ

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Sat 05/23/15 05:58 AM

The fault line is shifting. If you live in Cali it might be time to think about relocating to that Arizona beach front property!

no photo
Sat 05/23/15 06:07 AM

The warming has been going on for awhile. One of the more interesting effects is the huge influx of man-eating squid! They are moving into California waters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkl312lldQ


I know the giant squid population started exploding in JAPAN, 5 yrs ago... Are they the same species ?

Dodo_David's photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:16 PM

One of the more interesting effects is the huge influx of man-eating squid!


Sure, people in Asia eat squid, but what does that have to do with California?

Dodo_David's photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:19 PM


The fault line is shifting. If you live in Cali it might be time to think about relocating to that Arizona beach front property!



mightymoe's photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:29 PM
starfish have been "melting" since Fukushima...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141117-starfish-dying-epidemic-virus-animal-ocean-science/

no photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:32 PM
and as always the threat of Godzilla returning....again.scared


Fred7170's photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:33 PM
Active under water volcano off the coast of Oregon erupting now. Earth's crust is heating up and volcano activity has increased dramatically since beginning of the year. Tectonic plate movement has also increased causing huge earthquakes in diverse parts of the world. The super-volcano in Yellowstone Park is coming to life with recent reports of asphalt roads melting, ground swelling and noxious gases being reported all over the park, Electromagnetic field of the earth is fluctuating and shifting causing huge storms and tornadoes.
The sun is entering a very active cycle with never-seen-before eruptions that the earth's waning magnetic field might not hold at bay for long. The planet of our solar system are heating up too, arguably due to solar activity but not necessarily. Mars ice caps are melting, our ice caps are melting too...
The signs are clear, but signs of what and, most importantly, when?

Dodo_David's photo
Sun 05/24/15 06:56 PM

and as always the threat of Godzilla returning....again.scared




surprised

metalwing's photo
Tue 05/26/15 09:27 PM


The warming has been going on for awhile. One of the more interesting effects is the huge influx of man-eating squid! They are moving into California waters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fkl312lldQ


I know the giant squid population started exploding in JAPAN, 5 yrs ago... Are they the same species ?


No, the Giant Squid and the Humbolt Squid are two different species. The Humbolt were prevalent around the Sea of Cortez but didn't, until recently, exist in California waters. The Humbolt is a about six feet long and, as shown in the video I posted above, is very aggressive and will eat humans. They exist in great numbers.

Datwasntme's photo
Tue 05/26/15 09:41 PM
any way you look at it it's bloody scary : (

most people dont know that when Fukushima explosion all the usa monitors that tell you how much radiation , that they have all over the usa , got turned off

i dont remember for how long , but i remember a lot of people complaining about it

<shrug>
at any rate
be safe all please

Dodo_David's photo
Wed 05/27/15 01:59 PM
most people dont know that when Fukushima explosion all the usa monitors that tell you how much radiation , that they have all over the usa , got turned off


Surely you can provide evidence of what you claim, right?
Otherwise, I have no reason to believe it, right?

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