[Bang2Bay]

The author of this paper finally states: " Dryden and his co-authors do identify atmospheric CO2 as the driver of ocean acidification, which they warn will result in the loss of 80–90 percent of all marine life by 2045." Which essentially negates his own claim that the other article is rubbish. The current article is more rubbish than the original that author wants to critique.

[rgbrenner]

Dryden is the same person who made the "90%" loss claim. The key part of that paragraph is this part:

he has appeared to blame the problem on microplastics

Because Dryden owns Dryden Aqua, a water treatment/filtration company. And its interesting that he makes bold claims like these, and places the blame on something he stands to benefit from, assigning lesser blame on what we know is likely the larger impact on plankton loss (global warming).

[robertlagrant]

A predicted 80-90% loss in 23 years is not the same as a 90% loss now.

[riffic]

on a geological time scale, it might as well be.

[robertlagrant]

I'm going to use this at standup tomorrow when someone asks if my ticket is close to being done.