Briefing

How climate change impacts marine life

Briefing Published 30 Nov 2023 Last modified 12 Jun 2024

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Photo: © Perry Wunderlich, WaterPIX /EEA

This briefing summarises some of the ways in which climate change is impacting Europe’s marine ecosystems. It identifies how various ecosystem features are influenced by climate change and spotlights potential areas of concern. It also highlights areas where marine life may be more impacted by climate change compared with other areas. This work supports the recent integration of climate change as a key consideration in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). It does this by presenting a spatial description of the vulnerabilities of marine areas to climate change.

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The country assessments are the sole responsibility of the EEA member and cooperating countries supported by the EEA through guidance, translation and editing.

For references, please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/how-climate-change-impacts/how-climate-change-impacts-marine-life or scan the QR code.

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