This week's Question: In a preliminary report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean, a scientific panel concluded that ocean degeneration is happening much faster than previously predicted, and that the combination of factors currently distressing the marine environment is contributing to the exact conditions that have been associated with all major extinctions in the Earth's history: an increase of both hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (lack of oxygen that creates "dead zones") in the oceans, warming, and acidification. The researchers warn that the combination of these factors will inevitably cause a mass marine extinction if swift action isn't taken to improve conditions. What do you think? Will we avoid a mass marine extinction? RESULTS
- YES
- 43.70%
- NO
- 56.30%
