Ocean Ecology

Ticking time bomb' in the sea
Acidification of the oceans is a "ticking time bomb" under the sea, a serious threat to the life of the marine species and communities living in the coastal areas, a new report Here's organization Natural England (UK) warned.

Shimmering ocean.

According to these figures the latest scientific research, the concentration of acid in the oceans has increased by one third compared to the previous time period occurs industrial revolution in the world. The cause of acidity is increased by the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere too much.

Scientists fear that if emissions cause the greenhouse effect continues to increase with the current speed, the acidity of seawater will increase by 120% in 2060 - the highest in 21 million years of Earth history.

If this fear became a reality, a large number of species of plants and animals in the ocean will be seriously affected. The number of fish species will decline significantly due to high acidity reduce their fertility. This will directly impact on the economy of the communities living along the sea, especially in poor countries because their lives depend primarily on fishing.

Acidification of the oceans is one of the important issues is the world leader discussed at a summit on climate change organized by the United Nations is taking place in the Danish capital Copenhagen circuit.

Dr Helen Phillips, Executive Director of Natural England, said that to the marine ecosystem is not disrupted due to acidification, the most important thing is that we have to keep the amount of greenhouse gases in the lower level allows .

"The amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere directly affect the acidity of our oceans," said Dr. Helen. "The rise of ocean acidity is a serious threat to the marine environment - this is a huge challenge for the world and it requires urgent action to protect marine ecosystems. "

Smoking Cigarette

Are you a smoker or do you live around someone who smokes? If not, the environment that you live in is healthy. Unfortunately, if a family member you live with is smoking cigarette, or worse that if you attempt to smoke these poison grasses. Then your health is being thread. 

Smoking can cause many diseases such as lung cancer, heart diseases and long-term respiratory diseases. According to the Medical News Today, over 440,000 deaths of the 2.4 million deaths are caused by using tobacco which is more than the death from using alcohol and other diseases such as HIV.  Furthermore, the death by smoking cigarette are concerned to be one of the preventable death because not only the smokers' health are harmed but the second smoke can effect the health of the people around them.

Lung cancer is one of many cancers caused by smoking and it's one of the most dangerous cancer that had the lowest survival rate. It also one of the most common cancer death in the UK. Smoking can caused other cancer such as cancers of the larynx (voice box), oesophagus (gullet), mouth and pharynx (throat), bladder,pancreas, kidney, liver, stomach, bowel, cervix, ovary, nose and sinus, some types of leukaemia and increases the risk of breast cancer.

And how does smoking cigarette caused cancer. The tobacco contains 70 different substances that are seems to be the cause of cancer. The poison chemical enters the lung and spreads out through the body when the smoker inhale these smoke. After entering the lung and spreading out, the chemical damages the DNA and changes important genes, making the cells grow into a huge number. Furthermore, the poison chemical also weaken the body's immune system, making the cancer cell grow quicker without being destroyed. because inhaling tobacco smoke is the only way that it will contact your body, second can also cause damage to the non-smoking person.

The good new is these cancer and other diseases caused by smoking can be prevent by avoiding the cigarette smoke and stop smoking at the right time if you're the smoker.