This stuff is just too complicated and weird.
Sunscreen Chemicals Are Destroying Coral Reefs And Now Hawaii Is Banning Them
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mbvd/toxic-ingredients-in-sunscreen-are-killing-coral-reefs-and?utm_term=.uwD18qPd5#.jqGbd5rnG
Oxybenzone and octinoxate are destroying the oceans around the world, according to scientists whose research has shown that the chemicals break down coral by leaching it of nutrients and disrupt the development of fish and marine life, like sea urchins and algae.
About 14,000 tons of sunscreen lotion ends up in coral reefs around the world each year, according to a study published in 2015 in the Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. The highest concentrations of sunscreen were found in tourist-filled beaches, like many in Hawaii and the US Virgin Islands.
Who knew? What is happening that we haven't figured out yet?
IMO, a lot. And as "having it figured out yet", it seems we are unable to think past "not getting a sun-burn".
Maybe we should wrap the planet up in plastic and not touch it. Stick it in the freezer?
psik That's the problem, as Carlin said "plastic" is the one thing the earth couldn't make. Needed humans and we have made it so now we can be phased out. And as the earth cannot reabsorb plastic, it has adopted a new paradigm "the earth plus plastic".