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Effects of climate change on oceans may cause shortage of omega-3 fatty acids
Updated On: 25 June, 2022 04:22 PM IST | New York | IANS
Omega-3 fatty acid is an essential fat that the human body cannot produce on its own, and is widely regarded as a "good" fat that links seafood consumption to heart health
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The extent of the effects of global warming are visibly seen around the world in the loss of sea ice, rising sea levels and the increasing number of heat waves. However, a recent study has revealed that the effects of climate change will not only be seen in external factors. It will also affect people at the health and fitness level. In what is said to be the first-ever survey of planktonic lipids in the ocean, the study has revealed that there could be a temperature-linked decrease in the production of omega-3 fatty acids, known to be essential for the human body.
This means as global warming proceeds, there will be fewer and fewer omega-3 fatty acids produced by plankton at the base of the food web, which will mean less omega-3 fatty acids available for fish and for people, according to the study published in the journal Science.
Omega-3 fatty acid is an essential fat that the human body cannot produce on its own, and is widely regarded as a "good" fat that links seafood consumption to heart health.
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