World's sea life is 'facing major shock', marine scientists warn
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Life in the world's oceans faces far greater change and risk of large-scale extinctions than at any previous time in human history, a team of the world's leading marine scientists has warned. The researchers have compared events which drove massive extinctions of sea life in the past with what is observed to be taking place in the seas and oceans globally today.