This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Shelling Out?
The Eastern Mediterranean (off the coast of Israel) is one of the fastest heating places on the planet. A published study has now revealed that native mollusc populations in that area, have collapsed (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/06/severe-climate-driven-loss-of-native-molluscs-reported-off-israels-coast). Shallow water subtidal species such as cockles and whelks are down to only 12% of their former values, whilst counterparts associated with rocky substrates have dwingled to 5%. This seems a very clear illustration of the powerful impact of climate change, whilst we are still in the 'safe' zone of global warming (around 1 degree Centigrade above pre-Industrial levels).
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