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Failing phytoplankton, failing oxygen: Global warming disaster could suffocate life on planet Earth
2015-12-01 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Falling oxygen levels caused by global warming could be a greater threat to the survival of life on planet Earth than flooding, according to researchers from the University of Leicester. A study led by Sergei Petrovskii, Professor in Applied Mathematics from the University of Leicester's Department of Mathematics, has shown that an increase in the water temperature of the world's oceans of around six degrees Celsius -- which some scientists predict could occur as soon as 2100 -- could stop oxygen...
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