Comments on: Water Maps Show Stress Spread Out Across the Planet http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/01/water-maps-show-stress-spread-out-across-the-planet/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dante The Canadian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/01/water-maps-show-stress-spread-out-across-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-327879 Dante The Canadian Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:55:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20859#comment-327879 I'm so happy to live in Canada!!! Look at all that gorgeous BLUE that shows all the Fresh water we have access to!!! Hey USA? Wanna buy a cup? hehehehe ... I’m so happy to live in Canada!!! Look at all that gorgeous BLUE that shows all the Fresh water we have access to!!!

Hey USA? Wanna buy a cup? hehehehe …

]]> By: scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/01/water-maps-show-stress-spread-out-across-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-324745 scott Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:03:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20859#comment-324745 We are a fool of a species to allow this to happen...rivers, lakes and oceans, the situation is not great, and easily corrected. Besides getting in the face of polluting corporations, there should be a major public education push towards not only conserving water, but keeping it clean. I can't see all the chemical pollutants in the water, but everywhere I go I see the affects of human laziness - and it grows. I just spent 6 weeks in the mediterranean, and the amount of trash, plastics, etc was just sickening. Not to mention the jellyfish that swarm so much now that swimming is not safe in many areas (due to overfishing I think). Two trips now I have had to avoid the water in many areas due to Jellyfish..in Monaco they have installed giant nets around their beach to keep them out. Other areas it's hit or miss, one day no jellies, the next day one every square foot. In California, France, Greece, the Texas coast, a lake in California, does not matter, I see trash strewn about, floating, settled on the bottom...and usually there are convenient areas close by to dispose of it. I had been swimming at the beach in Nice every morning, they keep it pretty clean, anyway, one morning there was a big thunderstorm and the beaches in the whole region were trashed from the runoff and it took 3 days to get clean again. A thick layer of cigarettes, various trash, wrappers, plastic bottles, cups, etc floated in the water and covered the beaches. Same thing happens in LA after a big rain. People I dont think will do it, it takes communist style laws, sadly, to get the bulk of people and corporations to put in an effort to dispose of their trash. We are a fool of a species to allow this to happen…rivers, lakes and oceans, the situation is not great, and easily corrected. Besides getting in the face of polluting corporations, there should be a major public education push towards not only conserving water, but keeping it clean. I can’t see all the chemical pollutants in the water, but everywhere I go I see the affects of human laziness – and it grows. I just spent 6 weeks in the mediterranean, and the amount of trash, plastics, etc was just sickening. Not to mention the jellyfish that swarm so much now that swimming is not safe in many areas (due to overfishing I think). Two trips now I have had to avoid the water in many areas due to Jellyfish..in Monaco they have installed giant nets around their beach to keep them out. Other areas it’s hit or miss, one day no jellies, the next day one every square foot. In California, France, Greece, the Texas coast, a lake in California, does not matter, I see trash strewn about, floating, settled on the bottom…and usually there are convenient areas close by to dispose of it. I had been swimming at the beach in Nice every morning, they keep it pretty clean, anyway, one morning there was a big thunderstorm and the beaches in the whole region were trashed from the runoff and it took 3 days to get clean again. A thick layer of cigarettes, various trash, wrappers, plastic bottles, cups, etc floated in the water and covered the beaches. Same thing happens in LA after a big rain. People I dont think will do it, it takes communist style laws, sadly, to get the bulk of people and corporations to put in an effort to dispose of their trash.

]]> By: Katakin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/01/water-maps-show-stress-spread-out-across-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-317546 Katakin Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:35:06 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20859#comment-317546 Correction, for this is constantly slightly misquoted (I just like the stanza preceding): Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. Correction, for this is constantly slightly misquoted (I just like the stanza preceding):

Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.

]]> By: Rhacodactylus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/01/water-maps-show-stress-spread-out-across-the-planet/comment-page-1/#comment-317388 Rhacodactylus Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:27:35 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20859#comment-317388 Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink. <a href="http://untitledvanityproject.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">~Rhaco</a> Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.

~Rhaco

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