Sentences with phrase «threatening ocean animals»

The current extinction crisis threatening ocean animals is different from the five major past extinctions, according to a new study: the larger the animal, the greater its risk of extinction.

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The pathogens of land animals are spreading to the oceans, threatening otters, seals, whales, coral and other sea creatures

Infectious agents from terrestrial animals, including domestic cats, livestock and even humans are spreading to the oceans and threatening our sea life.

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I consider myself fortunate to have visited many special terrestrial and underwater settings as well as to have encountered a variety of threatened and endangered animal species in the ocean during the 25 years that I have been making images.

The consequences of this increase range from ocean acidification — excess CO2 lowers of the pH of the water, dissolving the shells of many animals and threatening the stability of entire marine ecosystems — to trapping heat in the atmosphere, leading to climate change.

They certainly are threatening the whales and the other animals that live in the ocean.