Sea and Oceans: Understanding, Protecting and Taking Actions
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The sea and the oceans play a crucial role in maintaining a stable climate and balanced
. Whether you live on the coast or inland, the health of the sea and the oceans is everybody’s business.
One of today’s top priorities is to preserve these valuable ecosystems. The sea is also a promising source of energy. Currents, tides, waves and
are some of the high-potential marine resources that could help meet future energy challenges and pave the way for new careers. Giving students interdisciplinary and factual information about the sea helps involve them in the ecological transition. It is a way of arousing their curiosity, encouraging them to look at ocean-related careers and onboarding them as actors of change.
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Oceans: a World to Understand
Help your students understand the role oceans play in regulating the climate using three key articles: carbon sinks, the report and Ocean acidification.
Climate, Oceans and Education: Three Resources to be Explored in Class
Forests & Oceans: Essential for the Climate
The Earth naturally captures more than half of the CO2 released into the atmosphere, with its forests and oceans playing a critical role as carbon sinks. However, this role is being compromised by deforestation and ocean acidification – two issues that are squarely on the agenda for climate change negotiations.
The IPCC Report on the Ocean and the Cryosphere
About the report: 104 IPCC scientists from 36 countries reviewed 6,981 publications and studies. The drafts of the report received 30,000 comments from outside experts. The result was an 800-page assessment, with summaries for policymakers and journalists1 .
Ocean Acidification
The amount of CO2 absorbed by the world's oceans and seas has increased over the decades. This would be good news if the process didn't also mean a galloping rise in seawater acidity that is threatening marine biodiversity and, in the long term, the global economy. Humans have only indirect means at their disposal to rectify this situation.
Ocean Energy at the Heart of Ecological Transition Challenges
From tides to currents, from waves to wind strength and, in the future, ocean , microalgae and osmotic - the ocean holds massive, innovative energy potential. A marine universe to explore in class to awaken students’ interest in ocean-related careers and help them understand tomorrow’s challenges.
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