Joanne Porter is an associate professor at Heriot-Watt University Orkney Campus, Heriot-Watt University.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/joanne-porter/rss en Biodiversity Climate Change Solutions Mon, 28 May 2018 06:30:00 +0000 Clara Mackenzie, Joanne Porter https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/05/28/explosion-of-marine-life-in-the-wreckage-of-a-world-war-is-under-threat https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/05/28/explosion-of-marine-life-in-the-wreckage-of-a-world-war-is-under-threat The scuttling of 52 German warships off Scotland nearly a century ago during World War I spawned a habitat for a diverse array of crab, lobster, starfish, sea urchin and fish. Now bottom trawling and climate change is imperiling that refuge, say two researchers.