{"id":25248,"date":"2011-09-29T00:21:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T04:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=25248"},"modified":"2011-09-29T00:21:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-29T04:21:57","slug":"animals-on-antarctic-seabed-suffer-from-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/animals-on-antarctic-seabed-suffer-from-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals on Antarctic Seabed Suffer from Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of those research studies that exposes an area of change that you would have never expected, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey have found that colonies of tiny marine creatures living on Antarctica\u2019s seabed are suffering from climate change as a result of the increase in frequency of icebergs pounding the seafloor.<\/p>\n

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Icebergs are pounding the shallow seafloor because there is a diminishing amount of sea ice to keep the icebergs away.<\/p>\n

As a result, the life expectancy of these creatures \u2013 bryozoans (Fenestrulina rugula) \u2013 has been reduced by half, from an average of five years to now rarely being able to reach the age of two or three.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe marine creatures living on the Southern Ocean seabed comprise the vast majority (80%) of the biodiversity known around Antarctica,\u201d said lead author, Dr David Barnes from BAS. \u201cDisturbance by icebergs can promote biodiversity across large areas by creating new space, but it can have catastrophic effects on biodiversity locally \u2014 it is becoming too frequent in the shallows for life to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bryozoans are one of the most abundant animals in the shallows around the Rothera Research station, and most are now dying before they reach an age where they can reproduce.<\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t just affect the life of the bryozoans, but could also impact the carbon storage abilities of the oceans, as these animals may be an important carbon sink in the Southern Ocean. Take away their ability to reproduce and their numbers diminish, as does the possible intake of carbon.<\/p>\n

Source: British Antarctic Survey<\/a><\/p>\n

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