https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-spain-alarm-ocean.html
'Scientists at a United Nations conference in Spain called Friday for more
research into the sharp rise in ocean temperatures which they warn could have
devastating consequences.
"The changes are happening so fast that we are not able to keep pace with the
impact," the executive secretary of UNESCO's intergovernmental oceanographic
commission, Vidar Helgesen, told
AFP on the sidelines of the three-day "Ocean
Decade" conference in Barcelona.
"It calls for a much stronger effort to observe and research in real time and a
much closer collaboration between science and policy making," he said, adding
that "tackling ocean warming is a burning issue".
The gathering, which ended Friday, brought together around 1,500 scientists and
representatives of governments and environmental organizations to discuss
protection of oceans.
The European Union's climate monitor Copernicus said Tuesday that average sea
surface temperatures had set a new record high in March of just over 21 degrees
Celsius.
Oceans cover 70 percent of the planet and have kept the Earth's surface
liveable by absorbing 90 percent of the excess heat produced by carbon
pollution from human activity since the dawn of the industrial age.'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
