Nature Climate Change has published a report that says warming is causing marine life to migrate towards the poles faster than animals and plants on land are.
According to a massive analysis of existing research by a collaboration of international institutions recently published in Nature Climate Change, global warming is causing marine life to migrate towards the poles faster when compared to animals and plants on land.
In the last decade, many of the oceans’ food sources including bony fish and some plankton types have moved towards the cooler temps by an average of almost 45 miles.
As plankton resides in the bottom layers of the food chain, its relocation is felt all the way up it, including by people. Without plankton, fish aren’t sufficiently fattened for consumption.
The study’s leader, a marine ecologist at the University of Queensland, and 18 international experts said there’s no question that the massive, speedy shift is a result of the greenhouse gas impact caused by humans.
Warmer seasons are also coming faster, with spring arriving as many as 4 days ahead of historical averages.
Experts say that the ocean is no longer acting as a buffer to the changes occurring on land. It’s actually experiencing an accelerated response even though the water warming is happening at a pace three times slower than that of the land.
