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Issues

DRAFT POST:
Marine issues may include....


  1. Extreme weather events.
  2. Temperature of atmosphere.
  3. Temperature of water. SST.
  4. Salinity.
  5. Acidity.
  6. DO and hypoxia.
  7. Carbon and Nitrogen
  8. Sea level height.
  9. Over fishing.
  10. By-catch, including seabirds in fishing nets.
  11. Species changing their range and migration times.
  12. Species in decline and biodiversity challenges.
  13. Invasive species.
  14. Plastics and other trash, in gyres.
  15. Microbeads eaten by zooplankton, then fish, then humans.
  16. Mercury and Lead, from manufacturing processes.
  17. Other Pollutants.
  18. Sound pollution.
  19. Changes in deep currents and surface currents.
  20. Melting of glaciers.
  21. Thinning of Arctic Ocean ice.
  22. Interaction with wind-farm turbines.