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News Release 16-049
Evidence points to widespread loss of ocean oxygen by 2030s
Deoxygenation due to climate change threatens marine life
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![crabs and fish on the bottom seafloor](/news/mmg/media/images/low oxygen NOAA Jubilee_f.jpg)
Marine life moves much more slowly in a low-oxygen ocean.
Credit: NOAA
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![mpa of the world showing the ocans and progressive declining oxygen levels](/news/mmg/media/images/DeoxImage_f.jpg)
By the 2030s, declining oxygen levels will likely be evident in many of the world's oceans.
Credit: NCAR
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![closeup image of a crab](/news/mmg/media/images/Rock_crab_on_tunicate_colony_Wikimedia Commons_f.jpg)
How will species such as crabs fare in low oxygen seas? Scientists are working to find answers.
Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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![Dungeness crabs washed up on a beach in Oregon](/news/mmg/media/images/glider_deadcrabs_f.jpg)
Dungeness crabs washed up on a beach in Oregon after suffocating in low-oxygen waters.
Credit: Elizabeth Gates, courtesy of PISCO.
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![dead fish floating in the water](/news/mmg/media/images/fish kills low oxygen NOAA_f.jpg)
In ocean waters with less oxygen, fish kills are common.
Credit: NOAA
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![cod swiming in the ocean.](/news/mmg/media/images/cod noaa_f96d96f1-deea-44bf-96bf-7607e0db0912_f.jpg)
Declining cod stocks may be further threatened by waters with low oxygen.
Credit: NOAA
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