ocean conditions are changing due to Rapid Global Climate Shift

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congrats Alan

[Boston]

Frightening new article concerning the accelerating rate of change in the oceans environments.

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news....id=59241080173

"We have been underestimating the likely impact of climate change on the oceans," he said.

traditionally the oceans have been considered to moderated change, however this is not always the case.

"We examined the velocity of climate change (the geographic shifts of temperature bands over time) and the shift in seasonal temperatures for both land and sea," he said.

"We found both measures were higher for the ocean at certain latitudes than on land, despite the fact that the oceans tend to warm more slowly than air over the land."

which could just be why DR J Jackson in his famous lecture series "a brave new ocean" suggests that our oceans aren't haven't long before stratification occurs.

Under current global warming, land animals and plants are migrating polewards at a rate of about 6 kilometres a decade – but sea creatures may have to move several times faster to keep in touch with the water temperature and conditions that best suit them.

The paper "The Pace of Shifting Climate in Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems" by Michael T. Burrows, David S. Schoeman, Lauren B. Buckley, Pippa Moore, Elvira S.Poloczanska, Keith M. Brander, Chris Brown, John F. Bruno, Carlos M. Duarte, Benjamin S. Halpern, Johnna Holding, Carrie V. Kappel, Wolfgang Kiessling, Mary I.O'Connor, John M. Pandolfi, Camille Parmesan, Franklin B. Schwing, William J. Sydeman and Anthony J. Richardson, appears in today's issue of Science.