A Marine Mass Extinction May Not Be Far Away, And Researchers Published A New Study In The Journal Science This Month. Scientists Say The Death Rate Of Marine Life May Be Comparable To The Largest Mass Extinction In History If Emissions Continue To Rise, Marine Life Such As This Giant Phantom Jellyfish Could Become Extinct In Less Than 100 Years, The Study Said
Giant Phantom Jellyfish
The Higher The Temperature, The Lower The Amount Of Oxygen In The Ocean, The Study Said. As They Get Lower And Lower, More And More Species Of Marine Life Will Die. The Analysis Applies The Data We Know From The Mass Extinction. Scientists Say The Extinction Occurred 252 Million Years Ago. During This Period, More Than Two-thirds Of All Marine Life In The Permian Was Extinct.
Curtis Deutsch, A Professor Of Earth Sciences At Princeton University And Author Of The Paper, Said That If We Do Not Curb Emissions, We May See An Ocean Extinction. The Model Of The Study Says That With The Continuous Increase Of Emissions, We May Reach The Extinction Level Of Permian In 2300. All Those Who Are Now Alive Will Be Dead By Then, But It Will Put Our Ocean In A Terrible State That Those Who Later Will Realize.
Visualization Of How Global Temperature Has Changed Since The End Of The 19th Century
Of Course, This Result Is Not Guaranteed Because Many Companies Are Already Trying To Curb Their Emissions. Moreover, If We Can Keep These Levels Close To Those Agreed In The 2015 Paris Agreement, The Study Says We Should Be Able To Have Marine Mass Extinctions. However, It Is Terrible To Know That This Possibility Even Exists.
We Have Seen Some Pretty Scary Predictions About The Impact Of Climate Warming On Our Planet. Even Though NASA And SpaceX Are Looking For Ways To Colonize Mars, We Need To Take Care Of Our Planet.
It's Crazy To Think That The Current Rate Of Change On Our Planet Can Be Equivalent To Some Of The Most Extreme Situations Shown To Us In History. Nevertheless, If We Fail To Curb These Emission Levels And There Is A Marine Mass Extinction, It Will Change Our Planet Forever. Fortunately, As Consumers, We Can Also Do Something To Help Reduce These Levels.
Transport Accounts For Nearly 27 Per Cent Of All Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Therefore, You Can Easily Help Reduce Emissions By Reducing The Use Of Your Car. In Addition, You Can Even Switch To Cars That Don't Use Fossil Fuels. Of Course, To Help Prevent Marine Mass Extinction, We Need More Than Carpooling. But If You Want To Help, It's Just A Way You Can Participate.