ThinkProgress: For many U.S. fisherman, there`s no debate about climate change. It`s here, and already majorly impacting their industries.
In New Jersey, Rutgers scientists have documented for 24 years how climate change is affecting the state`s oceans through weekly fish surveys. The researchers are finding fewer and fewer northern species and more and more southern species - fish like the Atlantic croaker, which historically have rarely ventured into the cool waters surrounding New Jersey. Mackerel and clams,...