In Search of Cooler Waters, Marine Species Are Shifting Northward or Diving Deeper

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In Search of Cooler Waters, Marine Species Are Shifting Northward or Diving Deeper

The American blue economy, which are resources and services provided by the oceans, contributed about $373 billion to the economy in 2018, and fisheries play a large role in that. Climate change, however, threatens commercial and recreational fisheries; changes in water temperature can affect the environments where fish, shellfish, and other marine species live, and cause them […]

West Coast Waters Grow More Productive with Shift Toward Cooler Conditions

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West Coast Waters Grow More Productive with Shift Toward Cooler Conditions

The ocean off the West Coast is shifting from several years of unusually warm conditions, toward a cooler and more productive regime that may boost salmon returns and populations of other ocean predators, according to a new NOAA Fisheries report.   The ocean off the West Coast is shifting from several years of unusually warm […]