https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2 Is there going to be a 6th mass extinction soon? en-us 2017-08-15 14:19:35 UTC 2025-10-25 17:57:52 UTC hello@padlet.com 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438015 The newest addition addition to the Pacific Northwest's famed oyster industry sits at the end of a palm tree-lined drive, not far from piles of hardened black lava. ]]> 2017-08-17 13:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438015 20130508 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438491 oysters have been dying by the billions along the north west coast]]> 2017-08-17 13:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438491 20130508 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438769 we believe oysters are going to be the 6th mass extinction]]> 2017-08-17 13:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438769 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438860 Now the question is did they stop growing in population. ]]> 2017-08-17 13:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181438860 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181439886 It states in the article, "oysters started dying by the billions along the Northwest coast in 2005. They have been struggling ever since."]]> 2017-08-17 13:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181439886 20130508 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181440156 in 2005 no young oysters were been hatched farmers blamed the luck of nature but after 2 years with no new oysters hatching, panic set in ]]> 2017-08-17 13:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181440156 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181440493 "The Nisbets bought 10 acres of tidelands near Bay Center in 1957 and build their business over the years, one market at a time. ]]> 2017-08-17 14:01:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181440493 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441017 In 2005, when no young oysters survived in Willapa Bay at all, farmers blamed the luck of nature. After two more years with essentially no new oysters being born, panic set in. Then things got worse.]]> 2017-08-17 14:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441017 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441630 By 2008, oysters were dying at Oregon's Whiskey Creek Hatchery, which draws water directly from the Pacific Ocean. The next year, it struck a Taylor Shellfish hatchery outside Quilcene, which gets its water from Hood Canal. Owners initially suspected bacteria, but shellfish died even when it wasn't present. ]]> 2017-08-17 14:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441630 20130508 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441755 it would take 30-50 years for all the acid to rise to the top of the water]]> 2017-08-17 14:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181441755 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181442425 When the pH was low, baby oysters died within two days. By drawing water only when the pH was normal, shellfish production got back on track. Over several years, the hatcheries tested their water using high-tech pH sensor]]> 2017-08-17 14:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181442425 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181442918 The reality is that over the next 10 years the world will have to make significant progress tackling this problem. "We're living proof,"" Nisbet said. "If you ignore it, it's only going to get worse. Plain and simple: It will get worse" ]]> 2017-08-17 14:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181442918 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181446893 The Nisbets decided to move all the oysters to another place. ]]> 2017-08-17 14:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181446893 20141475 https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181876731 2017-08-21 14:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20141475/ga7nclgbadn2/wish/181876731