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Methinks the Fat Lady ain't sung yet about Climate Change Trudeau et al should not deny that I answered another question it in a debate during the last election (At the 42 minute mark) N'esy Pas?
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pbs-documentary-gulf-of-maine-university-1.5642508
Documentary warns of 'catastrophic' changes happening in Gulf of Maine
Scientist says people who live and work along Bay of Fundy should be 'very concerned'
· CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2020 6:00 AM AT
A still image from the documentary Reckoning With Climate Change In The Gulf Of Maine. Produced by the University of New England, it airs on PBS in Maine this week. (University of New England/YouTube)
When Charles Tilburg was approached by the University of New England's communications team about making a documentary on climate change in the Gulf of Maine, he was immediately excited by the idea.
The professor of oceanography and director of the school of marine programs at the Maine university saw it as an opportunity to show people just how serious the situation is becoming in the gulf.
"I want them to be alarmed," Tilburg said, "I want them to realize that there has to be change to the status quo for us to address what's going on in the Gulf of Maine and, in fact, in the world's oceans."
Tilburg said the Gulf of Maine, which sits at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, is warming faster than 99 per cent of the world's oceans, and the effects are already being seen, especially with the arrival of species not normally found in those waters..
"The lobstermen are finding seahorses in their lobster traps," Tilburg said. "They're bringing up blue crab, you know, crab that normally are in Virginia."
Oceanography professor Charles Tilburg is one of the University of New England scientists involved in the project. He says the Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99 per cent of the world's oceans. (University of New England/une.edu)
"Fishermen aren't able to get as many cod or haddock or any of the groundfish, so they're going out there and they're spending more time and more effort catching less fish.
"And this is happening now. I mean, lots of times when you talk about climate change, you talk about what's going to happen in the future, but our fishermen are seeing it now."
Tilburg said there are also more algal blooms, known as red tide, and more beach closures because of it.
A big, shallow bathtub
Scientists believe the Gulf of Maine is warming faster because it essentially acts as a shallow bathtub, where warm water from the Gulf Stream and nearby rivers are balanced out by cold water from the Labrador Current.Think of it as a warm and cold water faucet, Tilburg said. But now the cold water faucet, the Labrador Current, is being turned down.
The gulf is now warming seven to eight times faster than it was 15 years ago.
Tilburg said people who live along the Bay of Fundy should be very concerned about what's happening in the Gulf of Maine.
He said that in the short term, say five or six years, the bay may actually see an increase in some fish species as they move north in search of colder waters.
But that's not likely to last.
Charles Tilburg, seen here while filming, says the health of the gulf should be a concern for anyone living in the region. (University of New England/une.edu)
"They can't go much farther north up into the Bay of Fundy, so these different populations are going to start migrating up north and more into the Arctic Ocean," said Tilburg.
"Long term, it's going to be catastrophic to the fish species that people in the Bay of Fundy normally fish for."
The documentary, titled Reckoning With Climate Change in the Gulf of Maine, features scientists and policy experts from the University of New England and other researchers in the state, local fishermen and policy makers in government.
Tilburg said it tries to stay away from statistics and numbers and instead tells the story of the Gulf of Maine.
'Be alarmed'
"They tried to get a whole swath of different people and perspectives on it, so that there's a piece that everyone's going to be interested in," Tilburg said.The film also focuses on what people can do to help.
"I want them to think 'What can I, as a citizen of the United States or a citizen of Canada, actually do about it?' and be alarmed enough that they want to take action," Tilburg said.
"Like, I don't want them at the end to just be demoralized. I want them to realize we can make changes and we can mitigate the change."
The documentary by staff at the University of New England airs on PBS in Maine this week. (University of New England/YouTube)
"Where they can be the most effective is in two things: on the pressure that individuals put on companies so that they become more globally aware, and on their governments.
He said if the Gulf of Maine keeps warming, it will lose its lobster and groundfish.
"We're going to be invaded by blue crabs, all the populations in the Gulf of Maine are gonna change, and that's going to affect everyone in the Northeast," Tilsburg warned.
And it won't take long,
"This isn't going to happen over 50 to a 100 years. This is going to happen over 10 years."
The documentary will air on PBS in Maine on Thursday at 10 p.m. Atlantic time and again on Saturday at 3 p.m.
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David Amos
Good luck getting enough folks to care until its too late
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Pssst: it is too late. (don't tell anyone, there is no money to be made, or funding to be sourced, to prevent something that has already happened)
Pssst: it is too late. (don't tell anyone, there is no money to be made, or funding to be sourced, to prevent something that has already happened)
David Amos
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: Methinks the fat lady ain't sung yet but old lady Lou will likely
drop in to add her nasty two bits worth N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Why didn't you call me or was somebody pretending to be you who sent me the email about Lou?
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
Maybe the fat lady hasn't sung yet, but the song is on tape, and will be played in about 25 years no matter the gyrations we choose to go through.
Maybe the fat lady hasn't sung yet, but the song is on tape, and will be played in about 25 years no matter the gyrations we choose to go through.
Johnny Jakobs
Reply to @Terry
Tibbs: ACOA Grants to the St Andrew's Biological Station every year.
Millions of dollars with very little output. Lots of fancy cameras,
ROVS, big SmartTVs, drones and all the add ons.
Terry
Tibbs
Reply to @Johnny Jakobs:
Just another government make work project.
Just another government make work project.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @David Amos:
I didn't realize you sent me a number, my bad, or maybe a brain fart?
I'll get back to you.
I didn't realize you sent me a number, my bad, or maybe a brain fart?
I'll get back to you.
Johnny Jakobs
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: lolol... exactly
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: I thought I smelled something strange last week
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Johnny Jakobs: Sounds like the inside track on this, former disgruntled employee perhaps? Haha
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: That was just your undies. You can only turn them inside out so often Gandalf
Jos Allaire
Reply to @David Amos: Lady Lou-ny, you mean. She's be here to give her one cent bit, for sure!
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