The Impact of Global Warming on Aquatic Life

• Main Authors: Küresel Isınmanın, Sucul Yaşam, Üzerine Etkisi, Ebru Özdemđr, Ahmet Altindağ
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key Words; Global Warming; greenhouse effect; carbon dioxide; biodiversity; aquatic ecosystem; Indian; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.9707; http://dergiler.ankara.edu.tr/dergiler/47/1037/12515.pdf

Abstract: Today, almost all climatologists have agreed on that the climate change results from the increase in the greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere and this comes as a consequence of various human activities. The dissolution of carbon dioxide, which has the largest share among greenhouse gases in terms of contribution in global warming and climate change, in sea water is much more when compared to the other gases in the atmosphere. For this reason, oceans are large reserve resources. Since they constitute a large part of our planet and have rich biodiversity, oceans and seas are aquatic ecosystems that are affected by the process of change caused by global warming. Global warming and climate change have caused a decrease in lake waters, an increase in the sea level, and changes in streams and precipitation models and have started to show negative impacts on all aquatic organisms from plankton to mammals. Krills have decreased by 80 % on average in the past 30 years. Coral bleaching have increased dramatically. The number of Indian Ocean origin fish found within the waters of our country has arrived to 30 already. Reproduction area of sea turtles have narrowed because coastal habitat to be destroyed by sea level rise. Depending on decreasing of the sea ice many of marine mammals have faced with extinction. According to the mathematical computer models developed lately, it has been calculated that in the event that the CO2 density is doubled, the global temperature will rise by 3 oС. For this reason, among the precautions to be taken against global warming, decreasing of the carbon dioxide emission comes first and studies are being carried out for this purpose on