COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Climate Change Drives Disease in Crucial Seaweed Species, Study Finds
Description: New research links the spread of disease in a type of seaweed that is critical for marine life to global warming. Scientists fear that the widespread loss of these seaweeds could have disastrous effects on creatures that rely on them for food and protection, such as sea hares, sea urchins and dozens of fish and invertebrate species. [Source: Reuters]
URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/12/idUS113986751820110712
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Source: Reuters
Publish Date: 7/12/2011
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