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Alarming climate impacts threaten key marine species: Climate change endangers planktonic foraminifera, key to marine ecosystems. Warming and acidification threaten their survival. #MarineClimateImpact #ClimateChange #OceanEcosystems #MarineSpeciesThreat #ForaminiferaDecline #OceanCarbonCycle #GlobalWarmingImpact #TropicalSpecies #BiodiversityLoss #SustainableSolutions #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

Where I live, February was the warmest on record and the ice in the nearby river was melted and gone by mid-March (1 month early). This has a trickle effect on the entire ecosystem. Fish may migrate earlier due to warmer water, and some cases timing of many species may be off for feeding and spawning. Many of the negative consequences of climate change are not yet understood. By investing in land conservation and carbon sequestration, Carbon Balanced Paper and its many partners are helping combat climate change globally. #climateaction

Tropical forests account for more than 50% of the global terrestrial carbon sink, but climate change threatens to alter the carbon balance of these ecosystems. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dGZz4tz4

Westward distribution shifts in European forest plants is 2.6 times more likely than northward ones. Not climate change, but nitrogen-mediated colonization events, possibly facilitated by the recovery from past acidifying deposition, best explain westward movements. https://lnkd.in/eZMU6Xpb

CLIMATE ACTION: Water is a fundamental building block of any meaningful climate action in arid zones for afforestation projects. https://lnkd.in/dyyUVV-b

Rather than moving north to track climate change, species more commonly shifted west or east. https://lnkd.in/ddv_hqj3

Climate Change Forces Shift in Capelin Distribution Across Northern Waters https://lnkd.in/egkJkXwt #europeanfishingnews #commercialfishingnews #fishingnews #dailyfishingnews #fisheriesresearch #climatechange #capelindistribution

For Earth Month 2024, Yale Climate Connections offers a bookshelf that links climate change with the broader goals of preserving biodiversity and cultivating healthy ecosystems. The world’s oceans are changing at a drastic pace. Beneath the waves and along the coasts, climate change and environmental degradation have spurred the most radical transformations in human history. In response, the people who know the ocean most intimately are taking action for the sake of our shared future... https://lnkd.in/gaJYkFNX

Plankton play a critical role in sustaining life on Earth, producing half the world's oxygen, absorbing billions of tons of carbon and supporting marine biodiversity. Yet, they face growing threats from climate change and pollution. Canada's National Observer highlights the #PlanktonManifesto, a key resource from United Nations Global Compact focused on protecting the vital organisms sustaining our oceans. Learn More: https://lnkd.in/g4uS8GSA #PlanktonManifesto

The acceleration of present climate change is challenging the adaptive capacity of marine plankton and their ecosystem functioning.