World · 13 hours ago
Warming UK Seas Could Reshape Marine Food Webs by 2050
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Warming seas around the UK could destabilise marine food webs and threaten food security by 2050, a four-year Cefas-led study warns. Under a high-warming path, fish diversity may rise about 12% by mid-century while key plankton groups decline. Scientists said that imbalance could reshape ecosystems in unforeseen ways. UK waters are among the world's fastest-warming marine climate hotspots over 50 years.
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