Let more big fish sink — it can help tackle climate change

Let more big fish sink — it can help tackle climate change

Source: zmescience

10/29/2020

Leaving more big fish in the sea can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the Earth’s atmosphere, according to a new study. Researchers found that when a fish dies in the ocean it sinks and thus sequesters all the carbon it contains, making it a previously not considered opportunity to tackle climate change.

More than 60% of the countries that signed the Paris Agreement on climate change committed to including nature-based solutions in their climate programs. These are actions that protect or restore ecosystems to counter the negative effects of shifts in climate. But so far, most of these solutions haven’t considered the ocean.

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News Id		Source	Stamp	country
3476	Video shows sea ‘bubbling’ at St Leonards as mackerel force whitebait fish on to beach	hastings observer	2021-09-20	UK
3477	Ipswich ‘underwater highway’ recognised for protecting lungfish in new documentary	ipswichfirst	2021-09-17	AU
3478	Plan would use poison to restore Yellowstone cutthroat trout	wyofile	2021-09-21	US
3479	Fisherman goes deep to catch record fish	usatoday	2021-09-21	US
3480	How Transparent, 'Vampire' Catfish May Travel Unseen Through the Amazon River	gizmodo	2021-09-20	BZ
3481	Troubled Waters	earthobservatory	2021-09-25	US
3482	Ученые проанализировали уровни концентрации плутония в Енисее	RG	2021-09-28	RU
3483	Salmon Snagging is Legal In Alaska	fishncanada	2021-09-26	CA
3484	A new $350 million Bering Sea fish fight could hinge on a miniature Canadian railroad	Alaska Public Media	2021-09-05	CA
3485	Indigenous chiefs in N.B. say Fisheries Department officers ignoring fishing rights	ctvnews	2021-09-02	CA
3486	Fangs, beady eyes and slime: Massachusetts angler hauls in rare invasive fish in Canton	wcvb	2021-09-01	US
3487	Naval Officers Left Shocked By Fish With The Body Of A Shark And The Face Of A Pig	brobible	2021-09-09	US
3488	These popular tuna species are no longer endangered, surprising scientists	nationalgeographic	2021-09-04	US
3489	Illegal anglers caught using cruel fishing lines that cause 'lingering death'	staffordshire	2021-09-07	UK
3490	Man builds ‘workshop’ to save fish	Taiwan News	2021-09-14	TW
3491	Angler equates catching record fish to reeling in ‘a large moving log’	usatoday	2021-09-10	US
3492	Angler’s unusual catches include a bizarre, world-record fish	usatoday	2021-09-09	US
3493	What's behind all of the dead fish along Lake Erie?	wkyc	2021-09-07	US
3494	Why some fish are 'junk,' others are protected. Study points to bias against native species	bakersfield	2021-09-16	US
3495	Catch of a lifetime as fisherman reels in two fish on one hook	abc-7	2021-09-21	US
3496	Рыба-вампир использует оригинальный способ перемещения в воде	hightech	2021-09-21	US
3497	Fish kill hits Biscayne Bay as high heat, still waters worsen pollution impacts	miamiherald	2021-09-07	CA
3498	Industrial fishing harbor plan raises a stink in Sierra Leone	mongabay	2021-09-07	SL
3499	Climate change comes for a favorite summer pastime: fishing	nationalgeographic	2021-08-27	US
3500	Spooky spectral fish on show at west Japan aquarium's yokai-themed exhibition until Oct. 31	jsonline	2021-08-30	US

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