The world’s oceans are sick, and getting sicker every day. Two new studies show the warming of Earth’s atmosphere is removing oxygen from ocean waters and harming coral reefs. Oxygen is necessary for all life in the oceans, except for a few extremely small organisms. And researchers said oxygen levels are low enough to threaten all the ocean life that depends on it. Denise Breitburg is an ocean scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. She is also a member of the Global Ocean Oxygen Network, a team of scientists organized by the United Nations to study the issue. Breitburg told the Associated Press, “If you can’t breathe, nothing else matters. That pretty much describes it.”
Title: Several Studies Show Oceans Face Serious Threats
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/ocean_threats.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Several Studies Show Oceans Face Serious Threats' data-article-id='2859'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='5313'>The world’s oceans are sick, and getting sicker every day.</span> <span data-start-time='5313' data-end-time='15375'>Two new studies show the warming of Earth’s atmosphere is removing oxygen from ocean waters and harming coral reefs.</span> <span data-start-time='15375' data-end-time='24458'>Oxygen is necessary for all life in the oceans, except for a few extremely small organisms.</span> <span data-start-time='24458' data-end-time='32917'>And researchers said oxygen levels are low enough to threaten all the ocean life that depends on it.</span> <span data-start-time='32917' data-end-time='39958'>Denise Breitburg is an ocean scientist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.</span> <span data-start-time='39958' data-end-time='51021'>She is also a member of the Global Ocean Oxygen Network, a team of scientists organized by the United Nations to study the issue.</span> <span data-start-time='51021' data-end-time='57896'>Breitburg told the Associated Press, “If you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.</span> <span data-start-time='57896' data-end-time='60667'>That pretty much describes it.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/coral_reefs.m4a'><span>coral reefs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/plant_life.m4a'><span>plant life</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/nitrogen.m4a'><span>nitrogen</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10082 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/the_oceans_of_the_world_are_getting__blank_.m4a'>The oceans of the world are getting <span class='blank'>sicker</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='sicker'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2343/larger.m4a'><span>larger</span></div><div class='choice' 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