According to the Working Group, improved management of coastal marine ecosystems will mean a targeted strategy that prioritises conservation of specific, unique, high - carbon coastal zones, which act like global sponges for global CO2. (earthtimes.org)
Oxygen - deprived areas in the world's oceans usually found in deeper water are moving up to offshore areas and threatening coastal marine ecosystems by spurring the die - off of some species and overpopulation of others (scientificamerican.com)
Such light pollution could change the face of already stressed coastal marine ecosystems like coral reefs, which humans have come to rely on as sources of food, income, and even protection from incoming storms. (sciencemag.org)