User:Chall562/Protected area

Protected Areas aid in the allievement of climate change effects in a variety of ways:

- Prohibition of degradative activities including: fishing, hunting, development, agriculture, mining, logging, and sometimes entry.

- reduction in: shifts in species distribution, impact of storms, impact of sea level rise

- combats ocean acidification by: maintaining coastal primary producers, increasing teleost biomass (osmosregulation buffers pH change), and increasing natural carbon sequestration via the biological pump

- increased populations increase: species resilience, genetic diversity, and potential for adaptations, lowering the risk of extinction