{"id":267458,"date":"2023-07-14T20:32:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=267458"},"modified":"2023-07-14T20:32:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:32:27","slug":"scientists-more-ocean-life-making-seas-look-greener-media-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=267458","title":{"rendered":"Scientists: \u2018More Ocean Life Making Seas Look Greener\u2019, Media: \u2018Climate Crisis!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0James Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate change is benefiting life in the oceans so much that ocean color is becoming noticeably greener as a result, scientists reported this week. Bodies of water with little life tend to be bluer, the scientists observed, while bodies of water rich in life tend to be greener. Responding to the wonderful news about the recent burst of ocean life, the media have instead sounded a breathless alarm leading people to believe that climate change making the oceans greener is bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 13, the media acted in concert to inundate people with fear that climate change \u201cis literally changing the ocean\u2019s color.\u201d A sample of article titles include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate Change Is Literally Changing the Ocean\u2019s Color\u201d \u2013\u00a0The Daily Beast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWorld\u2019s oceans changing color due to climate breakdown, study suggests\u201d \u2013\u00a0The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate change is making our oceans change color, new research finds\u201d \u2013\u00a0CNN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOceans are changing color, likely due to climate change, researchers find\u201d \u2013\u00a0CBN News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cClimate Change Is Getting So Bad that the Ocean Is Changing Color\u201d \u2013\u00a0The Byte<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Searching dozens of media articles reporting on the new study, Climate Realism could not find a single article with a title mentioning green oceans mean more life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead sentence of the CNN article reads, \u201cThe color of the ocean has changed significantly over the last 20 years and human-caused climate change is likely responsible, according to a new study.\u201d Only later in the article \u2013 for people who bother to read that far down \u2013 is the explanation: \u201cThe color of the ocean is derived from the materials found in its upper layers. For example, a deep blue sea will have very little life in it, whereas a green color means there are ecosystems there, based on phytoplankton, plant-like microbes which contain chlorophyll. The phytoplankton form the basis of a food web which supports larger organisms such as krill, fish, seabirds and marine mammals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, scientists report in a peer-reviewed study that oceans are becoming noticeably greener. Science tells us that greener oceans are the result of much more oceanic life. The media respond by writing article titles and lead sentences designed to make believe more life in the oceans is a bad thing and a \u201cclimate breakdown.\u201d In reality, the latest scientific evidence confirms \u2013 yet again \u2013 that our modestly warming planet and more atmospheric carbon dioxide are clearly beneficial to life on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Taylor is the President of the Heartland Institute. Taylor is also director of Heartland’s Arthur B. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson Center for Climate and Environmental Policy. Taylor is the former managing editor (2001-2014) of Environment & Climate News, a national monthly publication devoted to sound science and free-market environmentalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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