We should listen to our earth!

In a recent article, scientists have discovered that seagrass populations have been declining from changes in their genes from the extreme climate change due to global warming. Seagrass can be found all over the world and contributes a great deal to the ocean ecosystem. Seagrasses are habitats for many creatures of the sea like fish, microbes, and crustaceans. Scientists from the Kiel University, The University of Münster and the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) were tracking the recent heat waves effect on the genes of seagrass in southern and northern Europe.  The study was led by a man named, Dr. Thorsten Reusch who was interested in finding out how an increase in heat affected the seagrass’s gene production. The results showed that the southern European plants proved to me resilient but the northern European plants showed signs of irreversible protein damage that is critical for growth. Dr. Reusch and his team of graduate students found that these results raised more detrimental questions about sea creatures and humans. We must take action and change our habits because we will pay for them soon. The organisms are telling us that something is terribly wrong and we must listen to our earth and make a difference.