Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Climate change threatens to alter marine ecosystem

Vancouver Sun: Climate change threatens to wreak havoc on entire marine ecosystems due to factors such as rising water temperatures, increased acidification, and reduced oxygen levels, according to a report on B.C.'s Pacific coast. The report by World Wildlife Fund-Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society warns that species such as Pacific salmon, southern pink shrimp, Pacific cod, and hake are expected to move northward, along with Humboldt squid, which have arrived in B.C. in large numbers in recent...

URL: http://www.vancouversun.com/Climate+change+threatens+alter+marine+ecosystem/7050645/story.html

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