Global Warming ‘Changing Balance’ In Polar Seas

Scientists conducting the most comprehensive study of life in the oceans ever have blamed global warming for changes in species distribution in the polar regions as warmer oceans spur migration.

‘Global warming is changing the distribution, abundance and diversity of marine life in the polar seas with profound implications for creatures further up the food chain’

Life In The Polar Seas

The Arctic Ocean Diversity (Arcod) project has seen numbers of warm-water crustaceans rise in the seas around Norway’s Svalbard Islands. Arcod is part of a huge 10-year project involving more than 80 nations named the Census of Marine Life, that aims to chart the diversity, distribution and abundance of life in the oceans.

“This is an example of a general trend we are observing where water is warming further north and making this region more suitable for southerly species”

What exactly does this mean? I don’t know, but sure points to a rise in sea tempretures as a result of global warming.