Showing posts with label ocean acidification. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ocean acidification. Show all posts
Apr 25, 2011
Even worse than an oil spill?
"Commercial fish catch has declined by 500,000 tons per year since 1988, not for lack of effort, money or technology — in fact because of those factors — but for lack of fish. The danger becomes dual, says Danson: “If you’re overfishing at the top of the food chain, and acidifying the ocean at the bottom, you’re creating a squeeze that could conceivably collapse the whole system.” Good article here
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ocean acidification,
water pollution
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