Fisheries feel the heat around the globe
New research published in the science journal Nature has revealed the impacts of climate change on global fisheries. An analysis of fish catches and water temperatures show that ocean warming has already affected global fisheries in the past four decades, driving up the proportion of warm-water fish being caught. Read more here.
Dr Reg Watson, from the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic (the same place that supports Redmap!) was a co-author of the paper. (Photo credit: Rick Stuart-Smith).