20. Which One Are You?
A new 2017 Global Climate Poll conducted in 26 countries of adults aged 16–64 showed some interesting results.
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23. Oceans in Peril
Research reveals that Phytoplankton stocks in the
Indian Ocean fell an alarming 30% in the last 16 years
24. We are heading for the death of
100% of all whales, dolphins, & fish by 2040
“We haven’t seen this level of
mortality in right whales since we
stopped whaling them” in coastal
New England in the 1700s
-Dr. Scott Kraus
Chief Scientist at the New England Aquarium
25. Source: R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
34. Pacific Northwest National Laboratories Nautical Offshore Mobile Autonomous Device
A proposed seaweed cultivation system that floats freely in the open ocean
Degenerative: Destroy - Progressive, often irreversible deterioration of cells, organisms, and ecosystems. Lowering of effective power, vitality, or essential quality to an enfeebled and worsened kind or state 1
Sustainable: Survive - Able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed.2
Regenerative: Thrive- Formed or created again 3. . bringing into renewed existence; generating again.
Renewal, restoration, and growth of cells, organisms, and ecosystems renewal or restoration of a body, bodily part, or biological system (as a forest) after injury or as a normal process
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Can you edit this slide graphic and lose the it holds….livable climate
In California, warming surface waters over the past five years, shown in red, have coincided with a drastic reduction in giant kelp cover, as shown on the right. These ecosystems are crucial habitats and nurseries for marine life, and are being absolutely decimated by climate change.
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And its happening around the world
Upwelling has been shut down due to climate disruption . nutrients have decreased, resulting in less fish feed and fewer sardines. Animals, fish and ocean dwelling plants are starving under failed upwelling conditions.
Upwelling has been shut down due to climate disruption . nutrients have decreased, resulting in less fish feed and fewer sardines. Animals, fish and ocean dwelling plants are starving under failed upwelling conditions.