深海生物圈的延迟人类纪:最后一个天堂很快就会消失吗?
Moriaki Yasuhara1,2, Jingwen Zhang3,4,5, Roberto Danovaro6
1School of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
概括
曾经原始的深海生态系统面临着越来越多的人类影响,如采矿. 与退化的陆地和浅海环境不同,深海的深海环境.
科学领域:
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 深海生态系统是地球上最后一个受到最小影响的环境之一.
- 人类对深海生态系统的影响正在不断升级,需要广泛的背景化.
- 陆地和浅海系统的历史生态退化提供了一个比较框架.
研究的目的:
- 将人类对深海的影响与陆地和浅海生态系统的历史退化进行比较.
- 为了突出人类造成的深海严重退化的延迟发作.
- 评估未来对深海生态完整性的威胁.
主要方法:
- 在不同生态系统中对人类引起的生态退化进行历史审查.
- 对降解的时间表和规模进行比较分析.
- 确定当前和新出现的深海人为压力.
主要成果:
- 陆地生态系统在数万年内出现退化;浅海生态系统在数千年内出现退化.
- 深海的严重退化是最近发生的,主要是后工业革命,深海拖网渔业从20世纪50年代开始.
- 深海的生态完整性仍然高于严重退化的热带雨林和珊瑚礁.
结论:
- 与其他生态系统相比,深海人类纪生物圈退化在历史上延迟了.
- 未来的大规模深海采矿和海洋二氧化碳去除 (mCDR) 构成重大威胁.
- 迫切需要注意防止深海的快速退化,保护其独特的生态完整性.
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