Earth's Water Depleting Fast, Says Study, Explains Why It's Dangerous
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The research team wants aquatic deoxygenation to be added to the list of "planetary boundaries", which are thresholds that allow humanity to develop and thrive.
A new study has said that oxygen dissolved in world's water bodies is dwindling rapidly, posing one of the greatest risks to Earth's life support system. The reason, cited by the team of scientists from the United States, said this is happening due to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, Science Alert reported. Warmer water holds less oxygen, which is a fundamental problem for aquatic life that relies on dissolved oxygen for survival, just like atmospheric oxygen is extremely important for humans and animals.
The research team wants aquatic deoxygenation to be added to the list of "planetary boundaries", which are thresholds that allow humanity to develop and thrive.
So far, there are nine planetary boundaries - climate change, ocean acidification, stratospheric ozone depletion, interference with the global phosphorus and nitrogen cycles, rate of biodiversity loss, global freshwater use, land-system change, aerosol loading and chemical pollution.
