Governments may have to rethink how they conserve ocean ecosystems as climate change forces marine animals from their usual homes, says newly published research. “The ocean is going to be really quite dynamic.”The changes will have a significant impact in Canadian waters, where the government has created 14 marine protected areas since 2010. Tittensor and his colleagues looked at marine protected areas around the world to see if they take that movement into account. “Accounting for that in marine protected areas is difficult.”YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN... Governments could try to think ahead and locate protected areas in places where target species might move to, said Tittensor.

Source: thestar November 27, 2019 18:56 UTC