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New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life
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New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life
Surfers caught in a marine darkwave. Jean Thoral, CC BY-NC-SALife in the ocean runs on light. It fuels photosynthesis, shapes food webs and determines where many marine species can live. Gradually, that light is fading. Since the early 2000s, more than one-fifth of the global ocean has darkened as sediment, nutrients and organic matter increasingly cloud coastal waters – raising concern about the future of reefs, kelp forests and seagrass meadow…
Light being the fundamental engine of the overwhelming majority of terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, when it disappears, the damage is catastrophic.
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