Lead authors: Jeffrey Polovina, Evan Howell, Melanie Abecassis
Where published: Geophysical Research Letters
The least biologically productive areas of the oceans are expanding much faster than predicted ... This change in ocean biology, linked to the warming of sea surface waters, may negatively affect the populations of many fish species trying to survive in these desert-like environments ... Between 1998 and 2007, these expanses of saltwater with low surface plant life in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans grew by 15 percent or 6.6 million square kilometers
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