Not Finding Nemo A ghost for the human eye, a fight against an invisible force, namely climate change. When dawn breaks, a whale will no longer find its food. A lobster will wake up and struggle to breathe. A luminescent underwater coral forest will cease to exist. These are just some of the causes of climate change. A force so powerful that it will take decades to reverse its scar on the ocean. This reaction to environmental change has never before been seen on earth at such a heartbreaking pace and scale. Climate change is devastatingly altering the lives of many ocean creatures. According to Webster's Dictionary, “Climate change is the change in global weather patterns evident from the mid-to-late 20th century and onward, attributed largely to increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced through the use of fossil fuels.” . There is stronger evidence today than there has been in the last 50 years that climate change is indeed a fact. To date, carbon dioxide levels have increased more than they have in the last fifty years. Ninety percent of this change can be attributed to humans. The estimated increase in carbon dioxide levels from the 19th century to today is 112 (112 what??), and rising rapidly (“The Basics: A Brief Introduction to Climate Change”). The speed at which climate change is moving is faster than it has been in the last 2,000 years. Due to this fact, scientists have made several predictions. Floods and extreme weather, which usually occur every 100 to 500 years, will occur more often and cost countries around the world billions of dollars. Most people don't fully understand the effects this rapidly changing climate has on our planet. The warmer the weather continues to get, the water will be...... middle of paper ......x. “Plankton will suffer from warming oceans.” Climate News Network. 8 September 2013. Web. 26 March 2014. . or Kirby. Alex. “Marine life on the seabed is under severe threat due to climate.” Central climate. January 18, 2014. Web. March 5, 2014. . or Lee, Jane. “Is climate change increasing the risk of death for Arctic marine animals?” National geographic. 14 February 2014. Web. 5 March 2014. . or “Ocean acidification”. National geographic. 2014. Web. 5 March 2014. . or “The Basics: A Brief Introduction to Climate Change.” New England Aquarium. 2014. Web. 5 March 2014. . or Woodward, John. “Climate change”. New York: DY Publisher, 2008. Print. or “Too many jelly beans.” Extreme Explore, March 2014. print.