Dramatic Expansion Of Dead Zones In Oceans Likely With Unchecked Global Warming

Sunday, January 25, 2009 - 15:21 in Earth & Climate

Unchecked global warming would leave ocean dwellers gasping for breath. Dead zones are low-oxygen areas in the ocean where higher life forms such as fish, crabs and clams are not able to live. Scientists have now shown that unchecked global warming would lead to a dramatic expansion of low-oxygen areas zones in the global ocean by a factor of 10 or more.

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