Biologists Dive to Study Impacts of Climate Change
TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 2008
Submitted By: ana de guia
Diving is not just a form of recreation. It is a useful activity for marine biologists. Now, diving is essential in studying how marine life is affected by a pressing problem: global warming.
Americo Montiel San Martin and Cesar Cardenas, marine biologists from the University of Punta Arenas in Chile, plunged into the icy waters of the Magellan Strait. Although they experienced difficulties in diving due to strong water currents and bad weather, they did not fail to go down there. The two were finding a spot where they could conduct long-term studies.
The Magellan Strait has 11 major glaciers and hundreds of smaller ones. Some are melting rapidly. Mr. Montiel argues that these changes cannot be blamed directly to global warming because there are only few data to prove this assumption. As of now, they only see creatures that live in cold water. If they happen to see creatures that are known to live in warmer water, this could be proof that global warming is having an impact on the environment.
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