Over my last decade of reading on climate change, I have picked up a fact or two on oceans and the marine environment, and
written the odd article.
Oceans and the marine biodiversity they encompass are important. Just take a deep breathe and reflect upon the fact that the oxygen we rely upon, every second breathe we take, comes from ocean marine algae. And that's just the start.
Most of us just dabble at the edge of the marine environment with perhaps a visit to the beach. But the oceans are deeply important for providing much of our food, and as a carbon sink and regulator of weather and climate on our planet. From the mangroves and reef ecosystems that border coasts providing many social benefits to us, to the open ocean, and deep seabed with incredible life forms we are still just discovering.
Who could resist an opportunity to detail the many climate change impacts on the oceans and marine ecosystems from marine ecologist,
Dr John Bruno, a Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
His list, tweeted out using the
#100impacts hashtag, comes at a time of the inauguration of the new administration of President Trump. One of the first acts of this new administration was to
eliminate all mention of climate change from the Whitehouse website.
The list will build over coming days. Revisit to see the latest posts.
