New research indicates marine creatures in waters north of Australia and along the country’s east coast are at particular risk from climate change, said Director of the Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia, Professor Carlos Duarte, who was part of the study led by Scottish academic Mike Burrows and published in the journal Science. To find out how quickly the ocean is heating up, the researchers studied global temperatures recorded over the past 50 years. Duarte said “The velocity of climate change is much faster in the northern hemisphere and is particularly fast in the marine region north of Australia as well as the nation’s east coast.” According to Duarte climate change wasn’t as rapid in waters south of Australia and was “moderate” off the west coast. Source: Bikya Masr, Image: flickr.com
