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Marine life is moving further from the equator, possibly leading to mass extinction

The marine life near the equator has many aquatic animals that we are fascinated by, such as manta rays, sea turtles, whale sharks, and many fish species. What if they were gone? Recently there has been a problem causing fish to swim to colder waters due to the water near the equator getting way too hot to sustain life there. Fish are now moving there way to the poles as water heats up. Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time that this has happened. Almost 125,000 years ago, there was a rapid heat up with the water near the equator which had a lot of the aquatic life moving away. Due to the global warming, many species could go extinct causing an ecosystem collapse, which then causes food chains and the way ecosystems work to permanently collapse. The things we could do to fix this is to end seafloor mining, remove fish in reservoirs that destroy habitats or let off too much carbon dioxide. We will need to design climate smart reserves that can protect biodiversity from further changes.