Rhys Halter
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They are disintegrating.
25% of all marine life, including 4,000 fish species, are facing homelessness.
If that doesn't disturb you, this will.
Phytoplankton and prochlorococcus, the world's largest photosynthetic areas, are declining.
Oceans are suffering from both long-term surface and bottom marine heat waves and nanoplastics disrupting photosynthesis.
Together, phytoplankton and prochlorococcus account for almost two of every three breaths we breathe.
In both hemispheres, atmospheric oxygen is steadily decreasing.
Combusting carbon is an oxidation process that requires oxygen.
Each year, burning fossil fuels alone are consuming as much as 40 billion metric tons of that oxygen.
AI data centers are predicted to more than double fossil fuel emissions by 2030.
That means there will be even less atmospheric oxygen in the years ahead.