Earth Atmospheric Oxygen Levels Declining... we're giving these people money?

[Clone]

The intellectual beat down in this thread is priceless.

[Ravenblade]

Science is not about a ratio between money thrown at it and amount useful information gained.

[Felya]

I also dislike they tried to reach 1000 miles always to attach global warming to the topic.

It's subliminal.

What exactly is it?

[cubby]

I did read the article, but thanks for being the first guy to assume I didn't. Glad we got that out of the way. What I find even more absurd than the global warming claim is that something like this gets funding when it's utterly useless information.

How would you know if it's useless? You didn't even understand what you read the first time through.

[Mistame]

That which does not affect me does not concern me.

[cubby]

That which does not affect me does not concern me.

Which could be on humanity's gravestone if we don't get our collective shit together.

[Mistame]

Which could be on humanity's gravestone if we don't get our collective shit together.

Sorry, the problems of people hundreds, thousands and most certainly millions of years from now are not my problem. More important things to worry about.

[mizeri]

time to invest in this

[May90]

OP, you remind me of those folks who look at a study about neutron stars and say, "Well, neutron stars are hundreds light years away. They are irrelevant. What does this study matter?" It matters a great deal. While this information in itself might not have any practical applications, it helps us understand how the world works better, and it lead to unexpected advances in other seemingly unrelated fields.

[Korlok]

This thread is a glorious example of a master fisherman.

[Deleted]

http://www.livescience.com/56219-ear...cial_ls_514627

This is getting absurd. "Scientists" could literally just make up whatever they want and attribute it to global warming and every major and minor news outlet would give it coverage.

"This just in: Scientists discover direct correlation between seasonal increase in global warming and Caucasian females drinking spiced pumpkin coffee beverage."

.... This has been within lines of what we have proven before? That's how giant anthropods existed?

[kneehidude]

It is a non issue, at least for the time being, considering they said it only went down by about .7% in 800,000 years. No matter where you go in the world, the % of oxygen in the air is 21. The actual amount of oxygen decreases as the altitude increases. To compensate for that, our bodies create more red blood cells, and therefore more hemoglobin (the thing that carries oxygen around our blood stream to the rest of our body) the longer you stay at high altitudes. You can go from sea level, or even lower (where the actual amount of oxygen is greater) to Mount Everest and survive. You may struggle a bit for a couple of weeks as your body creates more red blood cells and hemoglobin, but eventually you can oxygenate efficiently.

The point I'm trying to make is, don't panic and act like we're running out of oxygen. While the O2 level going down isn't great, it isn't going down fast enough for us to notice. We have more than enough time to find a way to send the oxygen level in the other direction before we, or even our grandchildren see the effects. The first people to be effected by this would be people living in high altitudes. And they would either adapt or move to a lower altitude.

[Dys]

What?! There are buzzwords in this article?! Better get my outrage pants on and act offended without understanding a single word beyond what's buzzing!

[Gref]

Pretty disturbing findings if you ask me.

[Raptor With a Saber]

as the atmosphere thins it happens

"This just in op doesn't understand science so bashes it."

[Siq1ne]

He's not the first.

It's pretty clear, though, that if you did read the article, you didn't understand a word of it.
Sometimes important data doesn't have an immediately-apparent purpose. Nevertheless, it is often the pursuit of "utterly useless information" that yields the exact opposite.

It's unlikely that any of this will register with you, as you don't come across as being the intellectual type (despite what you may think of yourself), but try to be open to new ideas and understand that just because something doesn't make sense to you, it does not become invalidated. Just move on with your life, and understand that people much smarter than you will actually take something away from this information.

He chooses not to believe random articles on the internet or trust scientists he knows nothing about and you automatically think hes not the intellectual type? At least he's not a complete sheep I say!

A decline in oxygen over that "timescale" (so that I can sound intellectual like the first troll to reply) can piss off. Human species might even adapt to less oxygen over that period of time.

It's that narrow minded thinking that keeps us from really reaching our true intelligence.

[Garnier Fructis]

He chooses not to believe random articles on the internet or trust scientists he knows nothing about and you automatically think hes not the intellectual type? At least he's not a complete sheep I say!

A decline in oxygen over that "timescale" (so that I can sound intellectual like the first troll to reply) can piss off. Human species might even adapt to less oxygen over that period of time.

It's that narrow minded thinking that keeps us from really reaching our true intelligence.

He 100% misunderstood the article and ranted about something the article wasn't about. Of course he's not the intellectual type, unless intellectual types are keen on speaking about something they utterly failed to comprehend.

He didn't put any real thought into it. He saw buzzwords and assumed he knew what it was about.

[Xandrigity]

All the worlds problems can be solved with pumpkin spice.

[sethman75]

OP did you give those scientists money? No? Then don't complain.

You heard of taxes?

If you work you are paying these whackjobs money

[Kujako]

All the worlds problems can be solved with pumpkin spice.

The spice must flow. He who controls the spice, controls millennials.