Feb 01
How beautiful!
Photo credits: diko1967
Sadly, the fragile underwater ecosystems today are threatened by:
- Ocean acidification: which occurs when CO2 released by humans enters sea water. The impact has been studied by scientists studying Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
- Oil spills.
- Pollution – garbage from the cities flowing into the seas, including polythene bags.
- Decreasing levels of O2 in seas, which in turn is causing the formation of ‘underwater deserts; in tropical oceans. When the oxygen levels are low, nitrogen can-not react with oxygen to form biologically available nitrate – needed by underwater organisms at the base of these fragile ecosystems.
- Reckless fishing.
- Dredging for urban development, fishing.
Tags: environment conservation, Global Warming, Save Earth, Sustainable Living, underwater world
March 19th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Where is the fish aquarium in Delhi?
March 19th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Don’t think you can get a glimpse at the underwater world in Delhi. Infact, haven’t heard of anything on those lines in our coastal cities either. Quite sad…
March 21st, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Thanks for hearing my voice NatureGnome.
Even though we are talking about ‘nature’, I asked for aquarium, its an ‘artificial
environment’ where aquatic vertebrates are made to live can be found in Delhi. Also known as Marine Museum…
March 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Do you want to buy an aquarium? You can get aquariums in delhi at a lot of places. You could try the place closest to your home as you would need to buy fish food and accessories often and it would make sense to go to a place you can frequent easily. Check out the closest shop http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enIN290IN290&q=aquarium+delhi
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Thanks for worthful information ! Keep it up !