DUDE! i met you at rainbow! Instant soup! Good to see you again. You said oceanography, how long do you think the ocean will remain habitable for fish?
DUDE! i met you at rainbow! Instant soup! Good to see you again. You said oceanography, how long do you think the ocean will remain habitable for fish?
That... that's a complicated answer. First off: Overfishing has already reduced the populations of large bony fish by over 90% over the last century. The total biomass hasn't reduced nearly that much, of course- small fish, jellyfish, and other organisms are flourishing instead. Even with the increase of agricultural runoff causing dead zones, overfishing, pollution, noise pollution, etc, we're not likely to see complete oceanic ecosystem collapse anytime soon. However, we are trashing the oceanic ecosystem pretty thoroughly, so we are knocking it horribly off balance. So while you shouldn't expect the oceans to die, you should expect them to get really, really messed up. I'll probably do a larger post on the topic later.