Reply #1: Rapid rise in coastal water temp. causing major decline in fish & birds,

[philb]

and other ocean life.

Ocean surface temperatures have also been found to be increasing. Ocean surface temperatures off California to British Columbia have increased between 1.2 to 1.6 degrees Celsius since the 1950s, resulting in a dramatic decrease of 80% in the population of zooplankton which is at the base of the food chain(43). Coastal ocean temperatures are 2 to 5 degrees F above normal, which may be related to a lack of updwelling, in which cold, nutrient-rich water is brought to the surface. This has resulted in large declines of other parts of the ecosystem including a drop in fishing tonnage of over 35%, and even higher decreases for some birds and fish heavily dependent on zooplankton. Warm water marine snails and mollusks off the U.S. Pacific coast have been found to be expanding their range north at a rapid rate over the last decade(67).

Similar is true for the Gulf of Mexico, with hot temperatures producing monster hurricanes, and a huge dead zone.

http://www.flcv.com/green.html