![]() ![]() Image: Todd Walsh © MBARI 2008ĭecades of scientific research have confirmed that human activities-including fossil fuel burning, deforestation and industrial agriculture-are causing climate change. Our liquid life-support system Fossil fuel emissions are harming the ocean, and jeopardizing everything the ocean does for humankind. “It’s not too late to take courageous climate action and safeguard the ocean from further damage.” And right now, the ocean needs us,” said Julie Packard, executive director of the Aquarium. “The bottom line is that we need the ocean. ![]() But we must also reduce ocean stress, caused by overfishing and pollution, so the ocean is healthy enough to weather the changes already underway. The report makes clear that to protect the ocean, we must first reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. It presents a detailed account of the increasingly severe consequences of climate change for the ocean, its trillions of creatures and, ultimately, ourselves. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate marks the first time that the IPCC has written a stand-alone report on the marine realm. It’s not too late we still have a choice about the kind of future we want to leave today’s children.Ī just-released scientific report connects these and a host of other ocean changes with human activities that take place largely on land. “ ‘ Blob’ of warm Pacific water is back-could be trouble for marine life and weather” (Sept.“ There are so many great whites at Santa Cruz beaches, locals are calling it ‘shark park ’” (July 17, SFGate ).“ Feds declare emergency as gray whale deaths reach highest level in nearly 20 years ” (May 31, Monterey County Herald ).The ocean headlines these past few months have been unsettling. ![]()
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