Climate Changes Effects on the Ecosystem

            As global warming becomes more of a concern, the climate change’s effect on marine ecosystems is further studied. 

• Warm water can cause a stress response in coral that bleaches the coral and can lead to coral’s death. 
• Coral provides home to about 25% of marine life making it vital to the marine habitat
• Fish have an ideal water temperature in which they thrive.  The location of this temperature may shift in accordance to global warming and climate change.
•  As the water warms and the ice melts, the oceans will experience an increase in sea level also causing organisms to relocate.
• Deeper water makes photosynthesis difficult for algae and offshore plants that are dependent on sunlight for survival. 
• Organisms can lose certain marine plants as a food source.
• Temperature is a biological cue for organisms to reproduce. A change in temperature can cause an imbalance in population growth and survival. 
• The oceans are absorbing the excess carbon dioxide released by human activities and making the water acidic. Acidity makes it difficult for marine species to separate dissolved oxygen from the water making “breathing” for these animals harder.