SHUT ‘DOLPHIN’ PRISON!

A TEENAGE animal-rights activist has handed Congress a petition with 150,000 signatures to free dolphins from captivity in Spain.

Olivia Mandle, 16, is campaigning alongside a group of scientists called World Animal Protection to close Spain’s dolphinariums.

The country has 10 such installations, accounting for a third of all those in Europe.

“I want to end Spain being the biggest dolphin prison in the world,” Olivia insisted.

She wants the installations to be converted into ‘marine sanctuaries’ and there to be ‘an end to shows and forced breeding’. “We want to stop the suffering of these highly intelligent creatures,” added fellow protester Sandra Campinas.

Why you should be just as worried as the experts

Scientists Are Worried

Warmer oceans:

● Kill off marine life and coral reefs

● Lead to more extreme weather – hurricanes and cyclones pick up more intensity and are longer lasting

● Raise sea levels

A warmer sea is also less efficient at absorbing planet warming greenhouse gases. Over the last 15 years the Earth has collected as much heat as it did in the previous 50 years. Most of this extra energy goes into the sea. Although the oceans are more capable of absorbing extra heat than land, this really is a cause for concern.

A Vicious Circle

It really is quite simple to explain.

Warmer waters have less ability to absorb CO2. When the oceans take up less CO2, more CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere, further warming the air and oceans.

Temperatures may come down again after the El Niño subsides…..but it’s a BIG IF.

BEFORE:

Ice in 1980 (top) and in 2012

Greenland And Antarctica Are Melting

Satellite imagery has proved beyond doubt that the Earth’s ice sheets are melting.

Seven of the worst melting years have been in the last 10 years.

All this has a profound effect on coastal communities.

You’ve heard it before and you’ll hear it again….. every picture tells a story.

Effective governmental action remains painfully absent.