Sea change: What Took Decades To Destroy in Oceans Took Millennia To Recover

IET WebDev — March 30, 2015 - 12:08pm

Ocean ecosystems that experience rapid upheaval because of climate change can take thousands of years to recover, according to an examination of fossilized ocean fauna on the seafloor by the University of California, Davis.

The study, published online March 30 in the Early Edition of the journal PNAS, is the first record of disturbance and recovery of seafloor ecosystem biodiversity in response to abrupt climate change.

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Sea change: What Took Decades To Destroy in Oceans Took Millennia To Recover