Oceans are suffering:
Ocean acidification is MUCH harder for climate change skeptics to deny than global warming, because measurements show it's happening and it's obviously going to get worse as CO2 in the atmosphere goes up. And there are a lot of ocean problems that aren't directly related to CO2 and warming, as well. The oceans are clearly in a pickle; it will take concerted international action (gee, where have I heard that one before?) to make any mitigation and corrective processes. For a little of areas, salvaging what is currently the situation is about all that might possible be done; restoration to even what was there 50 years ago is probably beyond hope.
Scientists: Global warming has already changed oceans (not exactly the best title for the main subject matter)
"We must start to realize that there can be no standalone policies, especially as they relate to our water resources," [Alexandra] Cousteau said. "Energy, transportation, climate change, infrastructure, agriculture, urban development: this is where our ocean policy must begin. It is all interconnected."
Caribbean coral reefs flattened
"Published online on Wednesday June 10 by the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the researchers found that the vast majority of reefs have lost their complex structure and become significantly flatter and more uniform. The most complex reefs have been virtually wiped out."
Nemo is running out of places to hide.
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