Ocean's most oxygen-deprived zones to shrink under climate change
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 08, 2014 - As the complex story of climate change unfolds, many of the endings are grim. But there are exceptions. Predictions that the lowest-oxygen environments in the ocean would get worse may not come to pass. Instead, University of Washington research shows climate change, as it weakens the trade winds, could shrink the size of these extreme low-oxygen waters. "The tropics should actually get be ... more

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