Marine biodiversity: present status and threats

2 Outubro 2019, 10:00 • Rui Rosa

Diversity, UN Sustainable goals, and ocean's major threats (e.g. overexplotation and habitat loss/destruction). Concepts of "Fishing down the food web" and by-catch. Earth's heat capacity, bleaching and other climate stressors. Brief notions of deep-sea ecology, and the associated "slow pace of life" of deep-sea life histories.