Wired article on temperature and squid size

[Melissa]

http://www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,66981-2,00.html

"A final potential upside to global warming is that with every degree Celsius warmer our planet gets, we could have up to 20 percent more calamari."

 

[cthulhu77]

""If you live in a place like Ottawa you might like a longer summer, but we have to think wider about this subject and the overall consequences," said Davies. "

NIce to see that they are taking the "long view"....

 

[ceph]

Burn more fossil fuel; it’s good for the weather!

 

[Snafflehound]

In other Wired News:

Along with its mobile-texting service, Friendster is also experimenting with online classifieds. Last week, it launched Pusit, a site that Filipino Friendster members can use to post or search for jobs, items for sale, real estate listings or events. The site name derives from the Tagalog word for squid, a favorite local dish.

 

[erich orser]

As a borderline misanthrope I was rather hoping that our tampering with the environment would somehow (optimism too influenced by science fiction, no doubt) cause more nasty-tempered squid like dosidicus gigas to get bigger and go on a people-eating rampage! Alas, that will never be the case. Oh well, I can still dream.

 

[um...]

I share your dream, my friend. However, I'm perfectly willing to settle for some lesser nasty-tempered invertebrate going on a people-eating rampage. Fingers crossed...

 

[Swarvegorilla]

well...

I got my money on the magical golden staff....
no wait a sec, thats not spelt right!

 

[Nik]

Another story: Dolphins flourish in North Sea

Quote: "We've been catching commercial quantities of red mullet and occasionally pilchard, and this year we were hauling in mackerel right up to Christmas. We're definitely seeing changes in the water temperature. The number of squid now is just unreal."

 

[DoubleBill]

Ah, is that why there have been these repeated mass beachings of Humboldt squid on our California shore?

 

[snafflehound@work]

Yup, so many big squid in the ocean now that it's getting crowded and they push the weak ones out on the beach