But if that ice collected in one general area, the team posited, it might be enough to provide a last “refuge” for many of the inhabitants of the Arctic's coastal marine ecosystem.
Butif that icecollected in one general area, the team posited, it might beenough to provide a last "refuge" for many of the inhabitantsof the Arctic's coastal marine ecosystem.
Ecosystem services provided by coastal and marine habitats are of crucial importance for food security and poverty eradication, as well as many of the sectors currently driving the economies of coastal nations.
Coastal communities and small island developing states (SIDS), which rely on marine-based ecosystem services for a significant portion of their livelihoods, will be the first to feel the impacts of increased ocean acidification.