Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more
- Written by Chris Free, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara
An Atlantic cod on ice. Cod fisheries in the North Sea and Irish Sea are declining due to overfishing and climate change.Robert F. Bukaty/AP
Climate change has been steadily warming the ocean, which absorbs most of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, for 100 years. This warming is altering marine ecosystems and having a direct...
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