Summary Of Oceans Are Losing Oxygen

In the article, “Oceans Are Losing Oxygen—and Becoming More Hostile to Life” by Craig Welch, climate change is affecting the lives of all kinds of sea creatures. This article explains how climate change, and the warming of ocean water, has began taking oxygen out of the water. This means that many fish species have shrunk because of this loss of oxygen. The warmer water speeds up the metabolism of these fish, which makes them breathe in more of the oxygen. A couple of scientists from the University of British Columbia say that the body of the fish grows faster than the gills of the fish, so the water won't be able to provide enough oxygen to maintain the growth. "What we found was that the body size of fish decreases by 20 to 30 percent for