Climate change is endangering fish worldwide, shrinking populations by up to 35% in coastal regions near China and Japan, scientists say
Ocean warming has led to a 4% global decline in sustainable catches, the greatest amount of fish that can be caught without depleting stocks long-term, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. Using global data on fisheries and ocean temperature maps, scientists from Rutgers University in New Jersey analyzed changes in sustainable catches triggered by temperature rises between 1930 and 2010.
Hide Caption 4 of 10 Photos: Marine life under threatMarine life under threat – "The two worst things in my mind happening to oceans are global warming and ocean acidification," says Ron O'Dor, professor of marine biology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada."They're going to have terrible effects on coral reefs. Because of acidification essentially, the coral can't grow and it's going to dissolve away.
Hide Caption 8 of 10 Photos: Marine life under threatMarine life under threat – " akin to someone plowing up a wildflower meadow, just because they can," says Callum Roberts, marine biologist at the UK's York University. Others have compared it to the deforestation of tropical rainforests.
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