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How warmer sea water will affect our health and food

In Santos Populares, there were those who noticed that the fish were not that big. It is a direct effect of rising sea temperatures, but the consequences do not stop there.

Diseases, new animal species and more storms. Sea water is warming from year to year and this will have consequences in many ways, affecting our well-being, but also health and safety.

The increase in water temperature is causing an effect that is still unknown, but that scientists have already begun to identify, lacking to understand the dimension. Adriano Bordalo e Sá, Professor at the 'Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar' (ICBAS), warns that the absence of regular screenings may be hiding a problem in Portuguese waters.

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Source: CNN Portugal

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