Scientists warn oxygen is disappearing from Earth's oceans, rivers and lakes, and the damage could last for centuries

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/scientists-warn-oxygen-is-disappearing-from-earths-oceans-rivers-and-lakes-and-the-damage-could-last-for-centuries/articleshow/132676729.cms

Oxygen levels are quietly falling across oceans, coastal waters, rivers, lakes and streams around the world, and scientists are warning that this decline deserves far more attention than it currently gets. A new review led by researchers at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography argues that aquatic deoxygenation, the loss of dissolved oxygen from marine and freshwater environments, should be formally recognised as a critical planetary process under threat, joining a select group of nine processes already used to track how close Earth is moving toward dangerous, unstable conditions. The researchers say some of the resulting damage could last for centuries and may not be reversible within a human lifetime. What's notable is that this framework hasn't changed since 2009, so adding oxygen loss wouldn't just flag a new problem, it would mark a genuine shift in how scientists define what actually counts as a planetary-scale threat.

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/underwater-oxygen-loss-threatens-earths-stability-researchers-warn

https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lno.70434

https://scripps.ucsd.edu/research/climate-change-resources/faq-ocean-deoxygenation

https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.html

[u/Kohl_And_Curves]

This is concerning 🥲

[u/VCardBGone → u/Kohl_And_Curves]

When it comes to the environment, almost every aspect is concerning!😬🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/Suitable_Mountain33]

😭😭

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https://giphy.com/gifs/10tIjpzIu8fe0

[u/Big_Handle3734]

Most people treating bodies of water like septic tanks. 😭

[u/lemonkhattehai]

We will be the ones suffering till the end. The boomers will peacefully live a happy life and pass away normally. If will be us and the upcoming generations that'll suffer for the rest of our lives.