Marine life facing mass extinction - 0 views
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"The rate of change we are seeing in the quantities of carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere and then being absorbed into the oceans is so great that it is difficult to compare what is happening now with what has happened in the past but we do know that past disturbances in the carbon cycle have been a feature of mass extinction events."
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Elle Milkes on 08 Nov 11Marine Ecosystems need a certain type of environment to thrive. Recently, Marine Ecosystems are receiving a ton of Carbon Dioxide Emissions which relate to The Atmosphere Lecture notes. Carbon Dioxide is 1% of our earth's atmosphere so if Marine Ecosystems are receiving too much Carbon Dioxide, the balance of the atmosphere/ocean could be disturbed causing extinction.
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caused by the "deadly trio" of global warming, ocean acidification and lack of water oxygen or hypoxia.It states that these three factors are present in the ocean today and gives examples of marine ecosystems suffering severe disturbance
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Global Warming can have detrimental effects on Marine Ecosystems by causing disturbances in the natural life cycle. Global Warming in our APES notes causes sea levels to rise by melting ice caps and by thermal expansion. The melting of ice caps would cause some marine animal's ecosystems to become destroyed which could cause more extinction.
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Effects of Global Warming on Marine Ecosystems
