Sweden oceans: Scientists measure largest dead zone in world

The oceans have been a powerful ally in combating global warming, absorbing nearly 93 percent of the carbon dioxide released by human actions since 1970.
But a mix of higher temperatures and pollutants has created “dead zones" - oxygen-depleted areas measuring tens of thousands of square kilometres, where plants or animals can't survive.

Al Jazeera’s Paul Rhys reports from Sweden on the Baltic Sea, where scientists have measured the largest dead zone in the world.

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[billwilson]

I had a trout stream behind my house. They started building subdivisions, the fertilizers and herbicides killed it . Now their isn't even a salamander alive.

[frankthetank]

This needs much more views.
Necessary and engaged reporting.

[paketwisatasamalonakodinga]

I find less and lesser fish even here, in Indonesia. Sad

[MrAlene]

100 years and we already have overconsumption and we're seeing the consequences, our forefathers knew that the environment was important and that message got lost, sometimes going back to basics and applying new ways will have tremendous change.

[andyprem]

I was shocked how little life was seen even in the aegiean sea. off of Greece. usually most sea beds I have seen are teeming with life. but not here.

[genekelly]

Only partly true-the Baltic is a a sea-fed by freshwater rivers. The lighter freshwater keeps the salty ocean water from mixing-resulting in anoxic conditions below the fresh/salt boundary. The Black Sea is the same.

[sukhkaur]

After the Pandemic is over we should install excess and unused oxygen concentrators here.

[dinokadunic]

Now that the fishermen know where thousands of fish are.. They can go and empty this out 2

[DrErnst]

cudos for diving while reporting..

But u omitted that the baltic ocean is brackish and that it always have sucked at hosting any lifeforms.. as neither sweet water lifeforms or salt water lifeforms like brackish water as it is an in between biotope..

[MHaffiezMNazri]

Just saw this on an IKEA poster in IKEA (one about a sauna 500m off the beach on a wooden bridge) and I was like 500m away why does the sea look dead? Now that explains.

[danieleriksson]

The Baltic Sea is well known to be the best place to hunt for shipwrecks all the way back to the 12th century. It has long been a dead sea. Global warming just doesn't do it any favors.

[GeorgeChernoff]

Baltic sea is extremely dirty due to geolocation

[Minechain.]

Warming water is not the reason that make no sense, otherwise the Caribbean would be a huge dead zone.

[michael-bzqz]

if ocean life disappear we're doomed

[rima]

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[akinnon]

Scientist been explaining that since im born. I wonder how bad it will have to get so we finally take this seriously...

[xaviersm]

What an irony!!!
Qatar being world's highest carbon emitter country is reporting about carbon impact on world!😂😂😂 al jazerra stupidity

[Mortac]

The Baltic sea is very sensitive. If you look at a map, you'll understand why. It becomes bottled up because there isn't much flow of water compared to other oceans in the world. A main polluter of the Baltic sea is Russia, even though they have only a tiny coastline. Countries have tried to have them take care of their polluting, but anyone going there is instead threatened and forced to leave.

[WildsDreams]

The amazing thing about sea life is how quick it can spring back... If they could just try and fix their issues the wildlife would start coming back.

[rozatvmagura]

I saw the news just in moment the Al-jazeera tv channel.