«The microalgae communities are completely different from what I observed there in the 1990s due to
the huge change in environmental conditions,» he says, explaining that the salinity of the groundwater - fed lake has increased threefold because of frequent drought.
Because
huge expanses of the deep ocean will be exposed to
changing environmental conditions as a result of climate
change (Mora et al., 2013; this study), the societal impacts of climate
change in the deep sea will undoubtedly be widespread, complex and dynamic.