Sentences with phrase «altering life in the ocean»

Climate change is now altering life in the ocean by affecting the food chains of the animals inside of it.

Not exact matches

By engineering breaking waves of natural ocean water under purified air in the lab, they were able to isolate and analyze aerosols from the spray and determine how life within the water altered the chemistry of the particles.

«It's a more complicated picture, but broadly it means that there are going to be winners and losers in the oceans as its chemistry is modified by human activities — this could have the effect of altering major ocean ecosystems on which both we and a large part of marine life depend.»

The findings of a new hybrid species of shark goes to show just how versatile life can be in dealing with the ecosystem altering forces of climate change — proving yet again that within the depths of the world's oceans and its most keenly adapted inhabitants, there may be no shortage of natural marvels and awesome phenomena left to be discovered.

Oceans have absorbed 93 % of the world's carbon emissions, «curbing the heat felt on land but drastically altering the rhythm of life in the ocean,» says Dan Laffoley, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The impact of ocean acidification on sea life is becoming better understood in areas like coral reefs, where impacts like bleaching, altered shells of crustaceans, and even a changing sense of smell among fish can be easily witnessed and studied.