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Jun282011

Quote: Oceans getting hammered

The three forces combined -- hypoxia, sea dead zones and climate change -- are creating conditions similar to those found at the start of major die-offs of marine species in the past, suggesting that the world is at the cusp of another mass extinction event, the scientists say.

Nathanial Gronewold and ClimateWire  
Scientific American
Pollution and Climate Change Accelerate Ocean Degradation

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