Impacting even the deepest sea.

Unfortunately, the negative impacts of our activities appear to be reaching the deep ocean much faster that previously thought, according to a study by the Census of Marine Life (http://www.coml.org/).


The main impacts are marine litter and the accumulation of toxic plastics and plastic by-products, deep-sea fishing, and also climate change, in particular ocean acidification which could affect cold-water coral communities.


See review article at Science Daily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110801171300.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate%2Foceanography+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News+--+Oceanography%29