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Marine life reacting faster to climate change than land species
2013-08-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Species that depend on the sea are reacting more quickly to global warming than land-based life, according to a study in scientific journal Nature Climate Change, with implications for fisheries and food supplies. Areas occupied by marine species including fish, corals and plankton are moving by an average of 72 kilometers (45 miles) a decade, typically toward the poles, the study by researchers at 17 institutions in 8 countries said today. Thats more than 10 times the 6.1 kilometer rate that...