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Climate change: life in ocean ‘twilight zone’ at risk from warming
Climate change could dramatically reduce life in the deepest parts of our oceans that are reached by sunlight, scientists warn.
Global warming could curtail life in the so-called twilight zone by as much as 40% by the end of the century, according to new research.
- Maddie Molloy
- BBC
The twilight zone lies between 200m (656ft) and 1,000m (3,281ft).
It teems with life but was home to fewer organisms during warmer periods of Earth’s history, researchers found.
In research led by the University of Exeter, scientists looked at…