ACID TEST, a film produced by NRDC, was made to raise awareness about the largely unknown problem of ocean acidification, which poses a fundamental challenge to life in the seas and the health of the entire planet. Like global warming, ocean acidification stems from the increase of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/acidification/aboutthefilm.asp

The Oceans are in as bad or worse shape then the land with a stop to the cause barely in sight, mans garbage dump !

Whale Poo,

Australian scientists have discovered that whale poo is not only helping ocean plant life to flourish, but also increasing the ocean's ability to absorb CO2.

Because whales' diets are made up largely of iron-rich krill (small crustaceans), their droppings are a great fertilizer for marine plants, helping them to grow like weeds (or algae). These plants then do their part by absorbing CO2 as they grow, a process that scientists have tried to amp up (unsuccessfully) in Antarctic waters with iron fertilization.

Researchers say one-third of the world's oceans are low in iron. On the other hand, whale excrement contains a very high concentration of the mineral -- about 10 million times the concentration in Antarctic seawater. But how will scientists use this information? That's not clear yet, but it's a great reminder of how intricately well-tuned nature can be.

via AFP

Like Sharks, Whales help balance the ocean's eco-system.

Unfortunately they are going to allow whale hunting again. Limited of course. What limited means when they never stopped when it was banned I don't know ?????