Marine protected areas: changing climate could require change of plans
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
Marine protected areas (MPAs) may turn out to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. As a result of changing conditions, marine species have been on the move with observed shifts of as much as three kilometres per year over the past 50 years, and forecasts of shifts of as much as 300 kilometres in the coming 50 years.