Global warming threatens 60% of fish species, media reports


This July 2019 photo provided by Peter Westley shows the carcass of a chum salmon along the shore of the Koyukuk River near Huslia, Alaska, July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded in the state. Global warming looks like it will be a far bigger problem for the world’s fish species than scientists first thought, since a study led by Dr. Flemming Dahlke released on July 2,2020 shows that when fish are spawning or are embryos they are far more vulnerable to hotter water. - AP

LONDON/HONG KONG, July 6 (Xinhua): Up to 60 per cent of fish species around the globe would be susceptible to warming waters by 2100, a British weekly magazine has reported.

In a worst-case scenario of global warming when the temperature increases by 5 degrees Celsius, oceans would be too hot for 60 per cent of fish species to live in, New Scientist cited a study as reporting last week.

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