Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea
- Written by Jefferson Keith Moore, Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Sustained ocean warming could greatly reduce catches of fish like these herring photographed off Norway.Jacob Botter, CC BY
Climate change is rapidly warming the Earth and altering ecosystems on land and at sea that produce our food. In the oceans, most added heat from climate warming is still near the surface and will take centuries to work down...
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