Concern over increasing greenhouse gases tend to concentrate on the level of CO2 in the atmosphere, but our oceans are also being affected.
The first ever Australian report card on the impact of climate change on our marine environment was released on Friday.
More than seventy marine scientists were involved in the work, which has found Australian ocean temperatures are warming, changes in marine biodiversity and ocean acidification.
DR WILL HOWARD from the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre was a contributor to the report card and says it provides an up to date summary of what we know about the impacts of climate change on the marine environment, and importantly what we don’t know…
Peter Godfrey & Dr Will Howard, Radio Adelaide, 30 November 2009. Article & audio.
