Long-term observations in the tropics linked to global climate change
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 16 October, 2012
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Reports of declining ice coverage and drowning polar bears in the Arctic illustrate dramatic ecosystem responses to global climate change in Earth's polar regions. But in a first-ever account of a long-term project in the southern Caribbean, researchers report that tropical ecosystems are also affected by global climatic trends -- and with accompanying economic impacts....