While you enjoy the picture of the good friends of Ochibos, the cephalopods, as they bask gleefully in the sun in San Luis Obispo, Ca. Check out a bit about our incredibly amazing oceans.
There are large areas in our oceans that are super low of oxygen called "dead zones". They occur naturally and most fish just avoid them. Here is the problem. They are increasing in size and prevalence according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. How? Our oceans suck up most of our atmospheric CO2. As more and more atmospheric CO2 become oceanic CO2, it is making marine animals need more oxygen, shrinking the space in which they can live (or, if you look at t conversly, growing the dead zones). Just so you know, about 33% of the CO2 being absorbed by the oceans is from human use of fossil fuels. What does this mean for the fish? Deep-sea fish are going to have a harder time breathing and reproducing. And before you start thinking, well, who needs angler fish anyway… Tuna are deep-sea fish. Think about that as you drive your 10 mpg car 3 blocks to the store…
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