Polar ecosystems acutely vulnerable to sunlight-driven tipping points
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 31 July, 2013
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Slight changes in the timing of the annual loss of sea-ice in polar regions could have dire consequences for polar ecosystems, by allowing a lot more sunlight to reach the sea floor. The research predicts biodiversity on some areas of the polar seabed could be reduced by as much as one third within decades, as the poles warm....