Pacific coasts may lose up to 80% fish due to climate change
A Canada-based study predicts that Pacific Island countries could lose 50-80% of fish in local waters due to climate change. Pacific Islands region, which is the warmest among global oceans, could further become warmer, less oxygenated, more acidic, and have lower production of plankton that form the base of oceanic food webs, triggering extinctions, said the lead researcher.