Future of Oceans

Six major changes harbinger the future of the oceans:

1. loss of big animals
2. flattening and denuding of the ocean floor
3. introduced species
4. global warming
5. accumulation of toxins
6. microbial dominance of entire ecosystems (I call “the rise of slime”)

Taken from "Brave New Ocean" lecture abstract. Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California - San Diego.