ocean acidification

This natural wonderland is the world’s largest living coral reef.

The ocean isn’t just beautiful to look at and listen to, and home to the most incredible living things on the planet. It is absolutely an essential part of our climate regulation system, holds one of the nine planetary boundaries we should not cross, and without it, life would cease on Planet Earth.

There’s some pretty well-known facts about the ocean and the impacts it will experience on account of the climate crisis. But additionally, there are some really interesting lesser known stats around the way our warming planet will affect ocean health, that of the creatures living within it, and indeed our human health, too.

I’m sure I can’t be the only one who’s sick to the back teeth of the words ‘unprecedented’ and ‘uncertain’. The fact of the matter, despite my new personal aversion to such words, is that they’re on

The Great Barrier Reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia and can be seen from outer space. It is the world’s biggest single structure made by living organisms, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometers (1,400 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (133,000 sq mi).

The Planetary Boundary (PB) concept was introduced in 2009, and was aimed at defining the environmental limits within which humanity can safely operate. These scientifically prescribed thresholds are laid out in order to protect the Earth’s fragile

Carbon is a necessary part of all life on Earth. Every living thing contains carbon, as it’s required to form molecules like proteins, as well as being present in the ocean, rocks and, of course, our air.

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