**Key sentences from the provided text about the impact of ocean acidification on marine life (beyond coral bleaching), including cephalopods and other marine species:**

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For the past two decades, one of the most robust conclusions of ocean climate change research has been that increasing levels of CO2 in surface waters threaten shellfish that rely on higher pH waters to grow and survive.

Studies have shown that kelp has the ability to absorb carbon and nitrogen from water, acting as a natural way to fight ocean acidification.

(2022) Kelp (Saccharina latissima) mitigates ocean acidification and increases the growth of North Atlantic bivalves in lab experiments and on an oyster farm.

The number of dead zones are increasing.

Currently, the oceans “are in a state of complete imbalance” that has nearly doubled since the 1990s.

Phytoplankton convert carbon dioxide into cellular material and play a crucial role in oceanic life and carbon absorption.

They support critical fisheries but can also cause harmful algal blooms that affect beaches and contaminate drinking water.

It is likely to be a dominant theme in their lives as the planet inevitably heats up and sea levels rise.

NASA’s PACE Mission will focus on studying microscopic oceanic and atmospheric particles that have a profound impact on Earth’s climate and the lives of people around the world.

In coastal areas, litter may also get blown into the ocean.

Compost makes excellent top soil, which in turn absorbs carbon, helping to cool our planet.

These sentences highlight how ocean acidification and related climate issues impact not just coral, but bivalves (like oysters and clams), the health and growth of shell-building species, plankton (base of the marine food web), and the growing phenomenon of “dead zones” where marine life struggles to survive.

Solutions like kelp farming show promise in helping marine life adapt and survive in changing ocean chemistry.

Here are the **key sentences most relevant to your request about the impact of ocean acidification and changes on marine life** (including cephalopods and others) for your climate justice club’s Spirit Week activities.

These sentences can be used for posters and pamphlets to inform your classmates:

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> “About 100 million years ago, volcanoes erupted on the ocean floor, which led to a lack of oxygen in the water and a decrease in pH levels.”

> “At the same time, the ocean is a source of global challenges.

The problem of ocean pollution is even more dangerous.”

> “A person changes his activity nature, and that in response, and also not in the best way, affects the well-being of a person.”

> “Water is the most important substance for all creatures living on Earth.”

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**Explanation/Context**:
- The eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor in the past provides an example of how ocean chemistry can change, leading to oxygen loss and decreased pH (acidification), both of which greatly affect marine life.

- Ocean acidification and pollution are major global challenges threatening marine ecosystems beyond coral bleaching, affecting organisms like shellfish, cephalopods (cuttlefish, squids, octopuses), and marine mammals by disrupting their physiology, food sources, and habitats.

- Human activities that change the environment come back to affect both the well-being of people and marine life.

- Since water is essential for all life, harm to ocean systems (acidification, pollution, and oxygen loss) directly threatens the health of all marine species and the balance of marine ecosystems.

Use these key points to highlight that ocean acidification isn't just a coral reef issue—it's a widespread problem impacting a wide range of marine life, including your school mascot, the cuttlefish!

Here are the key sentences extracted from the text, focused specifically on the impact of ocean acidification on marine life (including cephalopods, zooplankton, and other non-coral species), which can be used for your climate justice club’s posters and pamphlets:

- "Acidification: results from the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the seas, affecting the balance of the marine ecosystem."

- "There are many animals that contain in their skeleton or shell calcium carbonate, and changes in the pH of water can negatively affect these organisms, especially in the early stages of their life."

- "The study revealed that the larvae 'breathing rates increased significantly when exposed to a combination of acidification and warming."

- "Zooplankton refers to small, often microscopic, organisms that drift into the ocean or other bodies of water and serve as one of the main sources of food for many marine species."

- "35 years ago, the waters of Lake Colden in New York’s Adirondack Mountains turned out to be too acidic for fish life, making these picturesque bodies of water one of the main victims of acid rain."

**Summary for Poster/Pamphlet Use:**
- Ocean acidification is caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the seas, disrupting the balance of marine ecosystems.

- Many marine animals, especially those that build shells or skeletons from calcium carbonate (such as shellfish, mollusks, and possibly some cephalopods in their early stages), are highly vulnerable to changes in ocean pH, particularly when they are larvae or juveniles.

- The breathing rates of marine animal larvae can increase under acidified and warmer conditions, stressing their development.

- Zooplankton, a vital food source for many marine species, are also impacted by acidification, which can affect the entire ocean food web.

- Past events show that acidification can make waters too toxic for fish and other life, emphasizing the seriousness of the issue beyond just coral reefs.

**Note:** While the information provided highlights general effects, for cephalopods (like your cuttlefish mascot), research has shown some species may be more resilient, but their early life stages and food sources (like zooplankton) remain at risk.

These focused points will help your climate club effectively communicate the broader impacts of ocean acidification on marine life at your school!

Here are the key sentences from the given text based on their relevance to the impact of ocean acidification on marine life and ocean conservation, which can be included in educational posters and pamphlets:

- At the same time, we should also educate our next generation on how to protect marine life and achieve the goal of sustainable use of marine environment and resources.

- The exhibition will also present the process from ocean experience, beach cleaning and sea waste creation, so that everyone cherishes the ocean as a family, and work together to "create a better future for the mountains, the sea and the sand city."

- To promote knowledge of global climate change to the community.

- In order to be close to the ocean and realize the conservation of the ocean and marine resources, Chenggong Junior High School held a beach clean-up event on the 29th in Crescent Bay, Zhubei City, to turn the service of caring for the community into a driving force, and to lead students to understand and reflect on the ocean and understand the importance of harmonious development of people and the ocean.

Unfortunately, this passage does not provide direct scientific information about how ocean acidification impacts marine life such as cephalopods, octopuses, or marine mammals.

It mostly describes educational and conservation initiatives.

For your posters, you might want to supplement these awareness-raising quotes with scientific facts such as:

- Ocean acidification affects the ability of marine organisms like shellfish, corals, and some plankton to build their shells and skeletons.

- Some species of cephalopods, like cuttlefish and squid, may experience changes in development, behavior, and survival rates.

- Acidic waters can impact the senses and navigation abilities of marine mammals and fish, disrupting feeding and breeding behaviors.

- Ocean acidification threatens food webs and biodiversity, which in turn affects human communities that depend on the ocean.

If you’d like, I can provide more scientifically-focused statements for your Spirit Week activities!

**Key sentences from the provided text about the impact of ocean acidification on marine life (beyond coral bleaching), including cephalopods and other marine species:**

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Content: Newswise — STONY BROOK, NY, May 25, 2022 – While kelp is known as a nutritious food item for sea creatures and humans alike, harvesting kelp may be a new way to help keep bivalves such as clams and oysters – a more common food source and marine industry staple – healthy and more abundant. A new study led by Christopher Gobler, PhD, and a team of scientists at the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) shows that the presence of kelp significantly reduces ocean acidification, a result of climate change.

Published in Frontiers in Marine Science, the study also demonstrated that the deployment of kelp on an oyster farm nullifies ocean acidification and therefore protects bivalves against acidification. The process may also have additional ecosystem and aquaculture benefits, including the sequestration and extraction of carbon and nitrogen, and protection against harmful algae blooms.

For shellfish, one of the most serious climate change-related threats is ocean acidification. Carbon dioxide or CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere continue to rise, infiltrating oceans where it causes chemical reactions that lower pH and cause ocean acidification. For the past two decades, one of the most robust conclusions of ocean climate change research has been that increasing levels of CO2 in surface waters threaten shellfish that rely on higher pH waters to grow and survive. This threat is particularly acute in coastal zones where additional sources of acidity can further reduce pH and slow shell formation in shellfish, especially bivalves. And while many wild populations of bivalves have collapsed, a burgeoning wave of aquaculture in the U.S. and around the World has caused the global production of seafood via aquaculture to grow and now exceed wild capture.

“Despite this wave of aquaculture, the intensification of ocean acidification now threatens bivalve aquaculture and has necessitated a solution,” explains Professor Gobler, the Endowed Chair of Coastal Ecology and Conservation at SoMAS.  “We believe our work is foundational to a solution.”

In the study, titled “Kelp (Saccharina latissima) Mitigates Coastal Ocean Acidification and Increases the Growth of North Atlantic Bivalves in Lab Experiments and on an Oyster Farm,” Professor Gobler and colleagues conducted six experiments to assess the effects of elevated CO2 and presence of kelp (S. latissima) on the growth rates of three different species of bivalves: (Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica), blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), and hard clams / Northern quahogs (Mercenaria mercenaria).

In each of the experiments, acidification was significantly reduced with the cultivation of kelp. They furthered the research with the ultimate test – a field experiment at the Great Gun oyster farm in Moriches Bay, New York.

They found that during a one-month deployment, oysters that were surrounded by kelp enjoyed higher pH water and grew significantly faster than individual shellfish located further away where the pH of the water was significantly lower.

Professor Gobler and colleagues emphasize that these findings have powerful implications for oyster farming in coastal zones.

“We have been witnessing coastal ocean acidification for years and have documented its ability to slow the growth, and even kill off, shellfish. We began growing kelp on oyster farms to simply expand aquaculture, regionally. After seeing its ability to rapidly take up CO2 and improve low pH conditions, we knew it had the potential to benefit shellfish experiencing acidification. And while showing that in the lab was exciting, being able to improve the growth of oysters on an oyster farm experiencing coastal acidification proves this approach can have very broad applications,” explains Professor Gobler.

Overall, the research clearly shows, according to the authors, that “the cultivation of kelp constitutes an environmentally friendly means of protecting shellfisheries against present and future ocean acidification and other coastal stressors.”

Building on the work, helping the oyster farms

“We’ve helped grow kelp on 10 oyster farms across New York since 2018 and more and more aquaculturists have been hoping to incorporate kelp into their farms,” says Mike Doall, Associate Director of Shellfish Restoration and Aquaculture at Stony Brook University. “In addition to providing crop diversification and additive revenue streams, the ability of kelp to fight ocean acidification gives these oyster farmers one more reason to add kelp as a second crop.”

The recent study builds on other research by the same SoMAS group, which published a study in Harmful Algae in 2021. That study demonstrated that kelp has the ability to deter the intensity of harmful algal blooms, another environmental threat to shellfish aquaculture.

Such scenarios with kelp appear to create a win-win scenario for oyster farmers like Paul McCormick, owner of the Great Gun oyster farm where the current study was performed.

“Kelp looks to be the perfect complement to oysters on my farm,” says McCormick. “It grows during winter and spring, when the oysters need less attention, and there is lots of interest in kelp from restaurants. If it is offering protection to my oysters against poor water quality, well that’s another good reason to add it to my farm.”

Citations:

Young, C. S., Sylvers, L. H., Tomasetti, S. J., Lundstrom, A., Schenone, C., Doall, M. H., & Gobler, C. J. (2022) Kelp (Saccharina latissima) mitigates ocean acidification and increases the growth of North Atlantic bivalves in lab experiments and on an oyster farm. Frontiers in Marine Science, Volume 9 | Article 881254

Sylvers, P. H., & Gobler, C. J. (2021). Mitigation of harmful algal blooms caused by Alexandrium catenella and reduction in saxitoxin accumulation in bivalves using cultivable seaweeds. Harmful Algae, 105, 102056.

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Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

For the past two decades, one of the most robust conclusions of ocean climate change research has been that increasing levels of CO2 in surface waters threaten shellfish that rely on higher pH waters to grow and survive.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

it slows their growth
it can kill shellfish

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

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Content: 6 Ways Families Can Protect the Marine Environment—and Why They Should

The ocean is important for mankind. Here's how experts say families can make a difference in caring for the marine world.

Many nights out of the year, Lemuel Pemberton walks along Lover's Beach on the Caribbean island of Nevis looking for nesting turtles. "When they come to nest, we measure them and tag them if they are not tagged," says Pemberton, founder of the Nevis Turtle Group, which pioneers sea turtle conservation across the island. "We have tagged probably somewhere between 500 and 1000 turtles so far in the region since 2003."

It's one of three main beaches on the island where turtles nest, which occurs at different times throughout the year, depending on the species of turtle. It takes 60 days on average for the eggs to hatch after they've been laid, but that's only if they get the chance. Whether it's due to coastal erosion, human-driven habitat destruction, or other harmful human behavior, many sea turtles will never hatch and make their way into the ocean.

Pemberton says sea turtles, which are an indicator species helping to diagnose the health of the ecosystem, are a great way to get families to care about the marine world. "Everybody loves the turtles," says Pemberton, pointing out that it's easy to engage with them since they are one of few marine animals to come on land, and they are also gentle. And getting families all over the world to care about the marine ecosystem, says Pemberton and other experts, is important in protecting ocean life.

Why do the oceans matter so much? Oceans not only regulate the climate, but scientists also estimate that up to 80% of oxygen production comes from them. The ocean also provides food and sustenance for people all over the globe. "The protection of the marine environment is very much a link to our own survival—that's one of the reasons why marine conservation in general is so important," says David Godfrey, executive director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy, a Gainesville, Florida-based organization founded in 1959.

That's why it's critical for parents to start teaching their kids from a young age to protect the marine world. Here are simple ways experts say they can do that together as family.

Don't Litter at the Beach

Littering anywhere is a bad idea, but be extra cautious while near water. The simple act of cleaning up after your family on the beach can prevent garbage from getting into the water and hurting sea creatures. "Whatever garbage you have, take it back with you, no matter what it is," advises Pemberton.

Take a Family Conservation Trip

"As a parent myself, having raised a child in the world today, I think exposing them to the natural world as much as you can, letting them see that we're not alone and the world is full of other types of animals that have their own lives, that use habitat in different ways than we do [is important]," says Godfrey.

There are various conservation vacation destinations across the world that families can travel to, and hotels that participate in conservation efforts. For example, the Sea Turtle Conservancy has been working with the Four Seasons Resort Nevis to protect sea turtles in the region, and families can participate in the annual Sea Turtle Summer Camp package to learn all about the animals through marine-themed activities. Programs like these help kids build a love and care for the marine world that they will carry with them as they grow.

Engage With Ocean Life Right at Home

Experiencing marine adventures firsthand is great, but it's not feasible for every family to take a trip to the beach each year. The good news is there are ways to engage kids at home. You can pick up marine books to read together or have a movie night. "A lot of kids first learn about the ocean through fiction; I'd be shocked to find anyone under the age of 10 who doesn't love either SpongeBob SquarePants, Finding Nemo, or The Little Mermaid. Help build on this love by teaching them about the real sea life behind their favorite flicks," says Britta Baechler, Ph.D., senior manager of ocean plastics research at Ocean Conservancy. "Nature documentaries like Blue Planet II are also great ways to see beloved cartoon characters in a whole new light, and maybe meet some new ocean friends, too."

Keep Up With Conservation Groups

Families can donate to marine conservation groups around the world and also engage with their efforts. The Sea Turtle Conservancy, for example, has developed a research program that involves using satellite tracking to track specific turtles as they swim through the ocean for scientific purposes, as well as for conservation and education. The organization encourages families to join in on the fun by following the journey of the turtles for free online through a program called Tour de Turtles Marathon. "Whichever of the turtles travels the furthest in the course of three months will be the winner," says Godfrey. And each turtle races to raise awareness for a cause, including problematic lighting on shore that is bothersome to marine life, plastic in the environment, and commercial fishing.

Participate in a Local Coastal Cleanup

Regardless of whether you live on the coast or hundreds of miles inland, every piece of garbage you collect can make a difference, says Dr. Baechler. The Ocean Conservancy runs the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), a beach and waterway cleanup effort. "Teach your kids about the importance of caring for our ocean and make joining a cleanup an annual tradition," she adds. Families can visit SignUpToCleanup.org to learn more about cleanups in their area.

A few more pluses? Volunteering has been found to increase empathy, improve mental health, and enhance teamwork and leadership skills.

Reduce Your Family's Use of Plastics

"So much of the plastic we use ends up in the water," says Godfrey. "It ends up in rivers, in streams, and those flow to the coast and so it all ends up in the ocean." Currents take those plastics and tend to accumulate them in specific areas where they break down into smaller pieces and then marine animals mistake them for food.

Families can make choices together to reduce their use of plastics at home and opt for recyclable items or alternative ones. "Plastic is almost like a gateway lesson," says Godfrey. "You learn about plastics and learn about how your use of them affects the natural world and that kind of opens up kids' minds to ask themselves, 'Well, what else do I do that affects the natural world?'" That can get them thinking about being conscious of other issues that affect the planet like water use and driving.

"Every family isn't going to sit around and solve climate change," says Godfrey. "But you can sit around as a family and you can decide to make your footprint on the world a little less harmful to the natural world."

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Nuns and Indigenous women band together on a surprising solution for state’s major problem: ‘It’s empowering’

The goal is to clean up their “shared backyard.”

Photo Credit: Shinnecock Kelp Farmers

A group of Indigenous women and nuns have joined forces to heal the polluted waters of New York, using kelp and song.

It all began when one of the sisters started singing while another played the flute and others recited poetry and prayers to help some kelp seedlings grow big and healthy before being planted off the shores of Long Island, New York, as reported by The Guardian.

They are working with a group of women from the Shinnecock, a local Indigenous tribe, to establish a kelp farm. The goal is to clean up the pollution in their “shared backyard,” per The Guardian.

Danielle Hopson Begun, a tribal member, told The Guardian: “When we started our hatchery, we were doing a lot of research for ways to give our kelp the best start in life.”

Begun told the outlet that “studies have shown that plants respond well to high-frequency tones.”

The goal of the group is to use the kelp to get rid of the carbon and nitrogen that have been poisoning the local waters.

For years, the waters surrounding Long Island have had health problems due to wastewater and stormwater runoff. That introduces too much nitrogen and other nutrients that increase the growth of algae, which uses up the oxygen in the water, per Earth.org.

This lack of oxygen, called hypoxia, has made aquatic life-forms either leave the area or die.

In 1985, the EPA, along with the states of New York and Connecticut, joined forces to form the Long Island Sound Study

Since then, the initiative has led investments and programs that have had a conservation impact of over $62 million, per Earth.org, for various regional and local projects.

But there is still lots of work to be done, and kelp may be the answer.

Studies have shown that kelp has the ability to absorb carbon and nitrogen from water, acting as a natural way to fight ocean acidification

Starting a kelp farm generally includes growing kelp from seedlings in tanks at a hatchery and farming them in ocean water.

In 2019, six Shinnecock women decided to take their own initiative using kelp. They came together to create a kelp-farming collective and sought the help of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Together, they are working to save the bay where both communities are located, and it appears to be working.

“Our voices for so long have just been erased or silenced,” said Shinnecock lawyer Tela Troge, whose tribe has been on Long Island for the last 13,000 years, per The Guardian.

“It’s refreshing. It’s empowering,” Troge said, referring to the change her people are making with the nuns.

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The number of dead zones are increasing.

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Content: How climate change and warming waters are affecting the health of the oceans

(NEW YORK) — Oceans do so much to sustain life on Earth, including bearing the brunt of global temperatures that have been steadily warming for decades.

An IPCC special report published in 2019 found that oceans — which make up more than 70% of the world’s surface — have absorbed between 20% and 30% of human-made carbon dioxide emissions since the 1980s. They’re also responsible for absorbing more than 93% of the “combined heat stored by warmed air, sea, and land, and melted ice” since the 1970s, according to the Fifth Assessment report published in 2013 by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The tipping point is near, experts told ABC News. But there are collective actions to take that could revitalize oceans to a healthier state — the theme of the United Nations World Oceans Day 2022.

“We really see oceans as the biggest ally in the climate change crisis,” Lea d’Auriol, founder of nonprofit Oceanic Global, told ABC News.

This is how climate change is affecting the health of the world’s oceans:

Species are faced with adapting or becoming extinct

Currently, the oceans “are in a state of complete imbalance” that has nearly doubled since the 1990s, d’Auriol said. Look no further than the fishermen, who supply sustenance to more than three billion people who rely on seafood as their main source of protein, as witnesses that climate change is already here, d’Auriol, said.

“If you wanted to ask someone if climate change is really happening, probably the most surest answer you’d get from anyone aside from a scientist is a fisherman,” Arlo Hemphill, senior oceans campaigner for Greenpeace USA, told ABC News. “Because fishermen are seeing these things happen in real time.”

One of the changes long-time fisherman are witnessing is the presence of new species venturing north as the area with their preferred water temperature expands.

Marine organisms maintain the same temperature as the surrounding water, so that when temperature increases, so does the temperature of the organism, Martin Grosell, professor of ichthyology and chair of the University of Miami’s Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, told ABC News. As the temperature rises, the organisms require more energy to move and survive. But, conversely, the levels of oxygen in the water decrease as the temperature warms, forcing the species to move, Grosell said.

The migrations may seem innocuous, but they are disrupting ecosystems all over the world, such as the phenology, or timing, of when grey seals give birth, Hemphill said.

Conversely, species are continuing to die off due to repeated events of marine heatwaves, Anne Christianson, director of international climate policy for the Center for American Progress, a public policy research organization, told ABC News.

Coral reefs are among the most threatened marine ecosystems in the world, scientists say. Coral bleaching, a process that occurs when water is too warm and the corals expel algae from their tissues, causing them to turn completely white, is happening at “alarming” rates — increasing by a rate of 4% per year — along with an uptick in mortality events along entire regions, d’Auriol said.

A study published in the National Academy of Sciences found that coral reefs could stop growing in 10 years unless greenhouse gases are significantly reduced and that, under a worst-case scenario, 94% of all reefs could erode by 2050.

Reefs are often the indicator of the health of an ecosystem, Brenda Ekwurzel, director of climate science for the Union of Concerned Scientists, told ABC News.

Mammals that rely on Arctic ice, such as polar bears and ringed seals, one of the polar bears’ main food sources that live their lives almost entirely on the ice, are also at risk, Ekwurzel said.

Vegetation such as mangroves, seagrass plants and marshes, some of the largest carbon sinks on the planet, which absorb and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, are also at risk of extinction, d’Auriol said.

The number of dead zones are increasing

A dead zone, or the process of hypoxia, occurs when an algal bloom sucks up all the oxygen in an area, making it impossible for marine life to survive — essentially a biological desert, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

A study published in 2008 in Science found that there were 400 dead zones around the world. By 2019, the number of dead zones had increased to about 900, d’Auriol said.

The dead zones often occur in regions with rampant nutrient runoff, such as at the base of the Mississippi River, where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico, Hemphill said.

Sea level rise will change coastal communities

The biggest contributor to sea level rise is the melting ice in the Arctic, which is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to the 2021 Arctic Report Card by NOAA. Increases in sea level rise of 6 inches to a foot since the Industrial Revolution may seem like small increments, but crucial infrastructure near oceans was not built to withstand the added inches of water, experts say.

Millions of people living in coastlines around the world, including those in mega cities such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, will be displaced by the rise in sea levels, d’Auriol said.

Carbon dioxide emissions sparks ocean acidification

Ocean acidification, which occurs when water’s pH levels are lowered as a result of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, is not directly caused by warming temperatures but rather by excess carbon dioxide emissions, Hemphill said.

“The alarming thing about it is that shellfish everything from from microscopic plankton, to clams and crabs and coral reefs themselves use calcium carbonate to build their shells,” he said. “And as the ocean acidifies, it becomes more difficult to create the shells.”

Ocean acidification, rather than coral bleaching, will likely be the culprit behind the demise of coral reefs, Ekwurzel said.

Collective actions are necessary to protect the oceans

In line with the 2022 theme for World Oceans Day, “Revitalization: Collective Action for the Ocean,” scientists and conservationists are highlighting the need for individuals, communities, nonprofits, the private sector and governments to come together to create solutions, d’Auriol said.

This includes ensuring the health of marine protected areas by eliminating housing, fishing zones and shipping traffic in the vicinity, d’Auriol said.

Governments will need to create policies to protect both human life and the health of the ocean, Christianson said.

“There isn’t one silver bullet for solving this crisis in the ocean and on land,” Christianson said.

However, the ticking time bomb is the race to drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade, the experts said.

“We can’t afford to delay those solutions any longer,” Ekwurzel said.

Along the path to properly protecting and preserving oceans is ridding the narrative that oceans are a separate environmental issue from climate change and the conservation of biodiversity, d’Auriol said.

“Because we do live on a water planet, and it’s responsible for sustaining all life on Earth,” she said.

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For years, scientists have been telling us that at least 30 per cent of the ocean should be declared strongly protected in marine reserves by 2030 – this is critical both for marine biodiversity and to build climate resilience. So in the third episode of our second season, Karen talks about what needs to be done, by all of us, to help safeguard 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.

Karen shared five top tips on how to help unscrew the blue parts of our beautiful planet:

  1. Reduce your carbon footprint. Take the time to really look into how you can shift to using renewable energy in your daily life. Renewable energy options are increasing everyday and making this important change is often just a phone call away.

  2. ONLY eat sustainably sourced fish. If you are thinking about eating fish look closely at where it comes from. Use the information cards provided by food sellers and only spend your money on sustainable and legally sourced fish. Use your purchasing power at restaurants too. Ask about their fish supplies and raise awareness that sustainably sourced fish are an imperative for customers.

  3. Go single-use-plastic free. Think about your plastic use. Think about your drink bottles, your lunch wrappers, your household products. So many mini-wins are right there for the taking.

  4. Eat ethically. Think about the foods you consume and the farming footprint they leave behind. Think about the pesticides and chemicals used and start making more organic, environmentally friendly food decisions.

  5. Be an environmentally friendly traveller. When you’re setting out to enjoy the ocean  and planning that coastal holiday –  be sure to carry out your activities in a sustainable way. Choose carefully and mindfully about where you go and what you do.

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Phytoplankton convert carbon dioxide into cellular material and play a crucial role in oceanic life and carbon absorption.

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NASA is preparing to launch its Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, which aims to provide crucial insights into Earth’s climate and address the pressing challenges posed by the climate crisis. The mission will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The PACE mission will focus on studying microscopic oceanic and atmospheric particles that have a profound impact on Earth’s climate and the lives of people around the world. By examining phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms that convert carbon dioxide into cellular material and play a vital role in oceanic life and carbon absorption, scientists hope to gain a deeper understanding of their significance. These microscopic organisms not only support critical fisheries but can also cause harmful algal blooms that affect beaches and contaminate drinking water.

Additionally, PACE will investigate the complex relationship between aerosols, clouds, and solar energy absorption and scattering. Aerosols, which are tiny particles suspended in the air, have a significant influence on cloud formation and weather patterns. Understanding this interplay between aerosols, clouds, and the weather system could provide valuable insights into extreme weather events and guide policy decisions to mitigate their effects.

The significance of the PACE mission lies in its exploration of the invisible and interconnected realms of air and water, which are fundamental to sustaining life on Earth. Many of the mysteries surrounding Earth’s climate and ecosystems reside in these domains, requiring advanced instruments to observe and analyze them.

Not only will the data from the PACE mission enhance our understanding of Earth’s climate and oceanic processes, but it will also be used to support practical applications and benefit society. By collaborating with scientists, academics, public health practitioners, and industry professionals, the PACE mission aims to foster innovative solutions that address pressing societal needs. This includes monitoring water resources, recreational water quality, fisheries, harmful algal blooms, air quality, and responding to and mitigating the risks of natural disasters like floods, volcanic eruptions, and wildfires.

As we stand at a critical juncture in tackling the climate crisis, NASA’s PACE mission holds the promise of unlocking valuable knowledge about Earth’s climate and empowering us to take informed action to preserve our planet for future generations.

FAQ Section:

1. What is the PACE mission?

The PACE mission stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission. It is an upcoming mission by NASA aimed at studying microscopic oceanic and atmospheric particles and their impact on Earth’s climate and ecosystems.

2. What will the PACE mission focus on?

The PACE mission will focus on studying phytoplankton, tiny plant-like organisms that play a vital role in oceanic life and carbon absorption. It will also investigate the relationship between aerosols, clouds, and solar energy absorption and scattering.

3. Why are phytoplankton important?

Phytoplankton convert carbon dioxide into cellular material and play a crucial role in oceanic life and carbon absorption. They support critical fisheries but can also cause harmful algal blooms that affect beaches and contaminate drinking water.

4. What is the significance of studying aerosols, clouds, and solar energy?

Aerosols, which are tiny particles suspended in the air, have a significant influence on cloud formation and weather patterns. Understanding this relationship can provide insights into extreme weather events and guide policy decisions to mitigate their effects.

5. How will the PACE mission benefit society?

The data from the PACE mission will enhance our understanding of Earth’s climate and oceanic processes. It will also be used to support practical applications such as monitoring water resources, recreational water quality, fisheries, harmful algal blooms, and air quality. It will also help respond to and mitigate the risks of natural disasters.

Key Terms and Jargon:

1. Phytoplankton: Microscopic plant-like organisms that convert carbon dioxide into cellular material and play a vital role in oceanic life and carbon absorption.

2. Aerosols: Tiny particles suspended in the air that have a significant influence on cloud formation and weather patterns.

3. Harmful algal blooms: Rapid growth of algae in water bodies that can be harmful to marine life and contaminate drinking water.

4. Ecosystem: A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.

5. Mitigate: To reduce the severity or seriousness of something, in this case, the effects of extreme weather events or natural disasters.

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They support critical fisheries but can also cause harmful algal blooms that affect beaches and contaminate drinking water.

It is likely to be a dominant theme in their lives as the planet inevitably heats up and sea levels rise.

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Content: Are we doing a good job teaching the younger generation about climate change?

Opinion: Before the pandemic, our young people were out in the streets in their thousands demanding urgent action on climate change.

The haka in front of the Nelson Cathedral by the boys of Nelson College was seen on screens around the world.

The striking students listed climate change education among their demands.

A year and a half later, what’s happening in the area of climate change education in the schools of Nelson Tasman?

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It can be argued that the generation at school today will be wrestling with the impacts of climate change for the next 70 or 80 years.

It is likely to be a dominant theme in their lives as the planet inevitably heats up and sea levels rise.

We should provide a good knowledge foundation for the challenges that will face them.

Here are some comments by young people in our region:

Saskia: “I think there isn’t enough education about climate at schools. I personally don’t know a lot about climate change as school hasn’t taught us much about it… I think there could be some improvement on it as a lot of kids I know don’t know much about it.”

Juliet: “I think that we could definitely have more environmental education in school. The focus should be on how we can help rather than only telling us about what’s wrong with the world.”

Mia: “I personally think that as a community we need to take more action … Having things like educational talks about the subject in Schools, Community places (e.g. Library) and in work places would give people a better education on the topic and might cause people to take part in the fight. Maybe getting schools fully involved in the act too might help educate our generation.”

Some secondary schools in our region are doing exactly that.

At Waimea College, Head of Science Drew McGlashen teaches a unit on the Nature of Science.

Through a cleverly devised game the students discover the dynamics of the carbon cycle.

With active experimentation they understand the impact of ocean acidification on marine creatures and the workings of the greenhouse gas effect on the temperature of the Earth.

“The students find this knowledge empowering,” Drew said.

In year 11 at Waimea College, the students study a local stream ecosystem, including the impact of climate change.

Similarly, in year 12, there is a study of the local estuary.

Drew would like to see more climate change education in the region.

At Nayland College, Head of Science Hamish McLellan describes a year 11 unit on carbon fuels.

This deals with the use and effects of fossil fuels and their alternatives.

A very interesting development will be the introduction next year of the topic of Change to year 9 children.

A significant part of this will be climate change. In year 10 there is a sustainability focus.

A module called Coast to Coast has a climate change element.

In Earth and Marine Science a large part of the course concerns climate change.

The students have the opportunity to engage in planting seagrass, contributing to “blue carbon” sequestration.

In Nelson College for Girls, climate change enters into the Earth and Space Science subject area. Next year they will further develop the climate component of Environmental studies.

Golden Bay High School, Tapawera and Murchison Area Schools all teach specific curricula dealing with climate change, in some cases having devised the curriculum themselves.

Many of these schools have Envirogroups or Envirocommittees outside class time, usually working on projects on an aspect of sustainability.

The Envirogroup at Motueka High School is working on a whole school sustainability vision.

Golden Bay High School’s Board of Trustees has adopted a Sustainability Policy.

Nayland’s board is considering one.

The Enviroschools standards encourage schools in their sustainability practices.

Several of the schools have converted from fossil fuel space heating to using wood chips. Some hope to raise money to install solar arrays for heating.

None is currently running a campaign to reduce car use for school transport; several said that most students used buses.

A student-led campaign to promote bicycling to school was run in Motueka High School two years ago.

While some Envirogroups have worked on litter in the school, none mentioned a focus on organic waste.

Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology has no direct offerings on climate change.

Some horticulture teaching includes its impact on crops. NMIT is trying to improve the sustainability of its operational practices.

A few of the region’s secondary schools didn’t respond to enquiries.

Primary schools, some of which offer teaching on climate change, were not included in this survey.

In summary, a few schools are doing an outstanding job in preparing young people for a climate-impacted future. Most schools are doing something towards this goal.

The Ministry of Education is undergoing a ‘curriculum refresh’. It is expected that there will be more climate change content as a result.

The ministry has funded a beautifully conceived curriculum for level 4 students, together with a wellbeing guide to respond to emotions evoked by knowledge.

Conor Twyford, climate change organizer for NZIE, the primary teachers’ union, believes that a lack of professional development opportunities in climate change education is the reason its coverage is patchy.

She believes that many teachers would be glad of the opportunity to develop their skills in this area.

There is a call by some, including young people, to make education in climate change mandatory.

Joanna Santa Barbara lives in Motueka. She is a member of Zero Carbon Nelson Tasman and of the Nelson Tasman Climate Forum.

NASA’s PACE Mission will focus on studying microscopic oceanic and atmospheric particles that have a profound impact on Earth’s climate and the lives of people around the world.

In coastal areas, litter may also get blown into the ocean.

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Redditor shows how they ‘de-trashed’ their neighborhood in less than half an hour: ‘This took almost no effort’

“There’s so much of it everywhere.”

Photo Credit: u/Bootycarl / Reddit

One small action can have a big impact on the planet, as proven by one Redditor’s mission to “de-trash” their local area.

In a photo posted to the r/ZeroWaste subreddit, the user holds up a packed trash bag, which they filled by picking up litter in their neighborhood.

As the post explains, it took 25 minutes to fill the bag within a one-minute walk from the OP’s home.

“There’s so much of it everywhere!” the Redditor adds in a comment. “This took almost no effort.”

More than 90% of Americans think litter is a problem in their state, according to research by Keep America Beautiful. The study found on average 2,000 pieces of litter per mile in the U.S., totaling nearly 50 billion trash items along roadways and waterways.

Litter can have devastating consequences both for people’s health and wildlife. As the trash breaks down, it releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere — for example, cigarette butts emit arsenic when they decompose.

In coastal areas, litter may also get blown into the ocean. Once in the water, plastic items break down into microplastics, forming pellet-sized nurdles that marine animals eat. The absorption of these microplastics into the water is thought to increase the ocean’s acidity, which contributes to coral reef bleaching.

Picking up litter helps to remove some of that harmful trash from the environment, although some have questioned how much difference it can make against a mountain of trash. In an interview with Postive News, David Katz, the founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, likened the practice to mopping the floor before turning off the water in an overflowing sink.

But others argue that litter picking can help to change people’s attitudes towards their own litter. For example, the Keep Scotland Beautiful campaign views trash picking as an opportunity to “change your community’s relationship to litter and [for] promoting behavior change.”

Redditors seemed to agree that individuals could make a difference in their own communities.

“I started doing this after seeing someone in my neighborhood with a grabber. Now that Reddit has seen your post, *who knows* how many people might start?” one user comments.

“This is really what matters and something each and everyone can do,” another replies

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Compost makes excellent top soil, which in turn absorbs carbon, helping to cool our planet.

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Opinion: Composting should be your 2022 New Year’s resolution. Here’s why.

Composting recycles food waste so that it isn’t waste at all. Compost makes excellent top soil, which in turn absorbs carbon, helping to cool our planet.

Schmidt is co-founder of Schmidt Ocean Institute and Schmidt Futures, and co-founder and president of The Schmidt Family Foundation, which works to expand access to renewable energy, clean air and water, and healthy food. She lives in Santa Barbara.

If you find yourself already breaking your New Year’s resolutions — and really, who could blame you after the unending test of resolve that was 2021 — I have a suggestion that is easier than learning to knit or getting in 10,000 steps a day.

Resolve to compost.

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The state of California is here to help you stick to your composting goals. A mandate to redirect food waste from the trash bin to the compost heap went into effect Jan. 1, making California the second and largest state to enact such a law, after Vermont. Many cities, including San Francisco and Davis, already collect compost. San Diego boasts one of the largest city-run composting sites in the state, and Chula Vista recently opened a composting center that’s solar-powered to boot.

Unfortunately, these laudable composting efforts don’t mean the San Diego region is ready for the new law. Between supply chain woes and capacity limits at compost facilities, cities are still figuring out how to create effective large-scale composting systems. That’s why, while a state law and existing local efforts are undoubtedly a step in the right direction, large-scale trash reduction must start closer to home, by changing individual habits and elevating community composting practices.

Composting is in our roots, so to speak. It’s an ancient activity, used continuously by Indigenous people the world over for thousands of years, that we’ve only learned to neglect in the last century or so. We have become habituated to throwing trash away without thinking about where “away” is. Of course, there actually is no “away.” Our trash ends up in landfills and incinerators that sit next to homes and schools, and that are routinely and unjustly built in communities of color. The toxicity these sites produce seeps into the ground, runs into the water and pollutes the air.

Food waste makes up about a third of what we toss nationwide. When food waste is buried in a landfill, decomposing without any oxygen, it produces methane gas as it rots. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, more potent that carbon dioxide, and a significant contributor to global warming. Melting ice releases stores of additional greenhouse gases that increase ocean acidity. That acidity can eat away entire ecosystems and species and, ultimately, harm the health of those at the top of the food chain. No, not sharks. Us.

Composting, on the other hand, recycles food waste so that it isn’t waste at all. Compost makes excellent top soil, which in turn absorbs carbon, helping to cool our planet. Compost can reduce our reliance on synthetic fertilizers, protect us from drought by helping water sink deep into soil and enrich depleted farmland, easing economic hardship while also preventing toxic runoff from entering our rivers, aquifers and ocean. Yes, the banana peel you throw in the compost bin has an impact on the entire planet.

It really is all connected.

Resolving to compost starts at home. Once you start diverting food scraps from the trash to a countertop container, or a green waste can, a switch flips: You might start to cringe at how much of your cardboard can’t go to compost because of the ink on it, or you’ll think twice about picking up fruit wrapped in plastic containers instead of open produce. And eventually that banana peel won’t be just a banana peel; it will be a reminder of why healthy air requires healthy soils and healthy seas, and why composting is one important part of making a healthier planet.

Individual actions are what start a movement — and what helps that process along is community. Local organizations like CRECE Urban Farming Cooperative in Santa Ana, a grantee of The Schmidt Family Foundation, which I co-founded, and Food2Soil Composting Collective in San Diego are actively elevating and reinforcing individual composting habits, building community and educating would-be composters in the process.

These organizations are showing that it’s possible to build composting sites and start operations quickly, at low up-front cost, and produce high-quality compost faster, without the environmentally damaging impact of long-haul trash trucking. A diverse compost sector, built from the community up, can develop best practices and generate local green jobs.

We’ve seen this work in other, albeit smaller places. Healthy Soils, Healthy Seas Rhode Island, an initiative with support from our foundation, brings together several community organizations to shape individual action and local policy and connect the dots between land, sea and air.

In the months and years to come, we need to remember that composting is best done in your own backyard, literally and figuratively.

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These sentences highlight how ocean acidification and related climate issues impact not just coral, but bivalves (like oysters and clams), the health and growth of shell-building species, plankton (base of the marine food web), and the growing phenomenon of “dead zones” where marine life struggles to survive.

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

it slows their growth
it can kill shellfish

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

Solutions like kelp farming show promise in helping marine life adapt and survive in changing ocean chemistry.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

Here are the **key sentences most relevant to your request about the impact of ocean acidification and changes on marine life** (including cephalopods and others) for your climate justice club’s Spirit Week activities.

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Content: Lecture by V.A. Sadovnichy at the opening of the All-Russian Festival of SCIENCE 0 +
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On October 6, the 18th All-Russian Science 0 + Festival opened at the Intellectual Center – the Fundamental Library of Moscow University.
The semantic dominant of the opening ceremony of the key scientific and educational project of the country, according to tradition, was a lecture by the rector of Moscow State University, academician V.A. Sadovnichy.
Presenting the Science Festival-2023, the rector noted that from year to year it is becoming more and more large-scale, the number of participants is growing, the geography is expanding.
“In 2006, I proposed the idea of the Moscow University Science Festival, which has outgrown the boundaries of the university, the city, the country, and now has confidently reached the international level, ” Sadovnichy said, speaking about the history of the festival movement in Russia.
Today in the country it is successfully implemented in all subjects of the Federation.
In Moscow alone, the Science Festival covers more than 100 venues.
“This is millions of participants of the festival and a great victory for our idea, ” the rector concluded.
He recalled that the tradition of holding science festivals dates back to the 19th century – the “golden age of science ”.
In Europe, the experiments of the English physicist Joule and Maxwell were demonstrated at science festivals, and other outstanding scientists of the era took part in them.
Preserving the continuity of the traditions of education and popularization of scientific ideas, the organizing committee of the Science 0 + Festival is a member of the European Association of Scientific Events.
“Ocean of Science ” is the main theme of this year ’ s festival.
According to V.A. Sadovnichy, it reflects the goals of the International Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development proclaimed by the UN.
At the same time, the ocean of science is an ocean of knowledge, it is a planet, space and man himself.
But even in a narrow sense, the ocean is full of mysteries, mysteries and scientific tasks.
The world ’ s oceans occupy 71% of the Earth ’ s surface and contain 96.5% of its water reserves.
The heat capacity of the ocean is 1,100 times greater than that of the atmosphere, making it the planet ’ s climate machine.
The ocean produces 50% of oxygen, allows 90% of world trade, 30% of oil and gas production.
3 billion people depend on the ocean for their livelihood.
Each year, humanity catches more than 70 million tons of fish.
In addition, the ocean is an important source of energy resources, an inexhaustible and still poorly used reserve of clean energy.
At the same time, the ocean is a source of global challenges.
Due to climate change, scientists predict that by the end of the 21st century, the growth of sea level will exceed 1 meter.
The ocean today is a source of catastrophic natural processes and phenomena, for example, tsunamis.
Realizing this, physicists of Moscow University have created an automatic system for assessing tsunami hazard, which has been successfully operating for 6 years.
During this time, it has processed 700 potentially threatening seismic events.
The problem of ocean pollution is even more dangerous.
“The ocean is seriously ill, and a person is to blame for this, ” Sadovnichy noted, paying special attention to the danger of plastic pollution.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch covers an area of almost 1.5 million square kilometers.
According to scientists, by 2050, 1 kg of fish in the ocean will account for 1 kg of garbage.
The Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation, approved by a presidential decree on July 31, 2022, notes that the importance of the ocean for Russia and for other countries will only increase.
This poses new challenges for scientists.
To date, only 7% of the area of   the ocean floor has been studied, only 220,000 species of marine animals have been described - 10% of their total number.
V.A. Sadovnichy called the university as the best place for training future ocean researchers: “The university provides fundamental interdisciplinary education.
Here they study and teach physics, chemistry, geography, geology, biology and other sciences necessary for the knowledge of the ocean. "
The ocean of space is even more vast and mesmerizing.
Moscow University is the world leader among universities in space research.
The Caucasus Mountain and Crimean observatories, the global network of automatic telescopes MASTER are effective tools for space exploration.
Prepares MSU and projects in the field of studying exoplanets, which today becomes one of the central tasks for astronomers around the world.
To clarify the nature of cosmic rays, Moscow and Irkutsk State Universities are creating a TAIGA complex in the Tunkinskaya Valley in Buryatia.
It is the world ’ s largest gamma observatory.
Its task is to register particles of ultra-high energies coming from the Universe.
It was Professor of Moscow State University Georgy Christiansen who at one time discovered a sharp change (fracture) of the primary energy spectrum of cosmic rays.
As a boundless ocean from the point of view of science looks and the human brain – 100 billion cells, each which is connected by thousands of connections with others.
On the study of the secrets of the brain worked the largest domestic scientists - Pavlov, Sechenov, Bekhterev.
So far, the phenomenon of consciousness has not been revealed, and this is indeed an interdisciplinary problem.
At Moscow University, in different aspects, it is studied in different faculties - biological, psychology, economic, and recently the problem of thinking has come from a purely biological plane.
At MSU, scientists from the Institute for Advanced Brain Research and the Institute of Artificial Intelligence are also working on it today, which are engaged in the creation of human-oriented AI.
As V.A. Sadovnichy noted, humanity today is literally sweeping the ocean of data and information.
According to the researchers of one of the leading technology companies in the world, the development of the Internet of Things will soon double the amount of data every 12 hours.
This is a problem for scientists.
For example, more than 66,000 scientific articles have been published on graphene alone in recent years.
To read them, a scientist with an 8-hour working day would need 40 years of continuous work.
Therefore, it is not the accumulation of big data that becomes an increasingly urgent task, but the skill costs the least amount of data necessary to understand a particular problem.
According to the rector, a change in the trend from Big to Smart Data is inevitable.
An example of such an approach is the creation of the “Ark of Knowledge ” of Moscow State University – a database of reference knowledge formed and verified by leading scientists, cleared of fakes.
It is on the basis of this collection that the Great Russian Encyclopedia will be created, 200 volumes of which in electronic form will fit perfectly on a regular flash drive.
Another tool for the study of information by specialists of the Moscow University of the Ocean is the Supercomputer Complex of Moscow State University.
On September 1, a new supercomputer was put into operation there.
In the second part of his lecture, V.A. Sadovnichy spoke about the scientists who won the Nobel Prize in 2023, the awards of which clearly indicate the current trends in world science.
Catalin Crico from Hungary and Drew Weisman from the United States developed the technology by a colleague who created mRNA synthesis technology that helped in the creation of coronavirus vaccines based on this knowledge.
At the same time, according to a number of scientists, a version of a vaccine based on vector adenoviruses, developed by a research team under the leadership of a graduate of Moscow State University, academician A.L. Ginzburg in the National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after N.F. Gamalei of the Ministry of Health of Russia, is safer for humans.
Pierre Agostini (USA), Ferenc Kraus (Germany), Anne L ’ Juillet (France) have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research in the field of attosecond physics and methods for generating ultrashort pulses, which open up new ways to study the intra-atomic world.
At the Moscow University in this field of science works a whole group of scientists who are co-authors of part of the scientific works of nobeliates this year.
The MSU-Sarov branch implements the master ’ s program “Extreme electromagnetic fields, relativistic plasma and attosecond physics ”.
Munga Bavendi, Louis Bruce, Alexei Ekimov from the United States will receive this year's Nobel prizes for research in chemistry.
They discovered quantum dots – nanoparticles whose properties depend on their size due to quantum effects related to particle size.
V.A. Sadovnichy illustrated with this interesting fact that today all Nobel laureates focus on the problem of the microcosm, and the science that studies it is actually the same.
The division of research into scientific disciplines is made more for the convenience of man, the essence, according to Goethe, is not divided into reason without a trace.
In this regard, the rector emphasized that it is the university, the fundamentality and interdisciplinary nature of its approaches that makes it possible to make discoveries at the junction of sciences.
At the end of his lecture, V.A. Sadovnichy noted that several hundred participants gathered today in the hall where the opening of the Festival of Science takes place.
The exhibition in the Intellectual Center - the Fundamental Library of Moscow State University has already been seen by several thousand people.
In Moscow, hundreds of thousands of people will participate in the festival, and in total this year up to 18 million participants of the Science 0 + Festival are expected.
A significant part of them are students of secondary schools of the country.
On the opening day of the Festival, the best researchers of the country came to them as part of the “Scientists to School ” campaign.
Only in Moscow, 300 scientists came to school classes, 150 of them – representatives of Moscow State University.
On October 5, V.A. Sadovnichy, as chairman of the jury of the contest "Teacher of the Year of Russia", named the finalists and the winner of this annual national competition of the best teachers.
According to the rector, the Science Festival successfully connects two basic educational systems - a school and a university, which, in turn, is closely connected with science.
This is the merit of the Festival and a special mission.
Academician V.A. Sadovnichy wished scientific discoveries for the benefit of all people, success and perseverance in the knowledge of the world at the very end of his speech to all viewers of the opening ceremony of the XVIII All-Russian Science Festival.
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Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

These sentences can be used for posters and pamphlets to inform your classmates:

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> “About 100 million years ago, volcanoes erupted on the ocean floor, which led to a lack of oxygen in the water and a decrease in pH levels.”

> “At the same time, the ocean is a source of global challenges.

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Content: American scientists thanks to shells found out how the Earth ’ s climate changed in the past
Deformed shells helped American scientists to find out how the Earth ’ s climate changed in the Cretaceous period, when the ocean acidification occurred and what humanity should expect in the future.
About 100 million years ago, volcanoes erupted on the ocean floor, which led to a lack of oxygen in the water and a decrease in pH levels.
The researchers drew attention to single-celled, which formed around themselves shells of calcium carbonate, writes Planet Today.
Scientists analyzed the content of shells and found that during the oxidation of the ocean shells began to consume less calcium and carbon dioxide from the water.
This caused a temporary cooling of the climate.
In the future, a similar situation is possible, but a temporary cooling will not save from global warming.

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

The problem of ocean pollution is even more dangerous.”

> “A person changes his activity nature, and that in response, and also not in the best way, affects the well-being of a person.”

> “Water is the most important substance for all creatures living on Earth.”

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**Explanation/Context**:
- The eruption of volcanoes on the ocean floor in the past provides an example of how ocean chemistry can change, leading to oxygen loss and decreased pH (acidification), both of which greatly affect marine life.

- Ocean acidification and pollution are major global challenges threatening marine ecosystems beyond coral bleaching, affecting organisms like shellfish, cephalopods (cuttlefish, squids, octopuses), and marine mammals by disrupting their physiology, food sources, and habitats.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- Human activities that change the environment come back to affect both the well-being of people and marine life.

- Since water is essential for all life, harm to ocean systems (acidification, pollution, and oxygen loss) directly threatens the health of all marine species and the balance of marine ecosystems.

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Petersburg ballet dancers starred against the background of debris in the images of marine creatures.
This is a continuation of the environmental photo project Le Souffle
Petersburg ballet dancers against the background of debris in the images of marine creatures.
This is a continuation of the environmental photo project Le Souffle, this time dedicated to water.
Its goal is to draw attention to the pollution of water bodies and poaching, from which not only fish but also marine mammals suffer.
“Le Souffle H2O ” is a continuation of the social environmental photo project implemented by ballet dancers with the support of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources.
In the second part, the main theme for the shooting was water.
The goal of the project, conceived and implemented by ballet photographer Irina Yakovleva and curator Maria Ryleeva-Kogan, is to draw public attention to the most acute and important environmental problems of our time: pollution of water bodies, including plastic garbage, poaching, which affects not only fish, but also marine mammals.
Also, the authors of the project want to emphasize the need for sorting and recycling waste.
Le Souffle Project
About the photo project "Le Souffle H2O".
Specially for Sobaka.ru:
"Le Souffle" in French means breath.
We are talking about the breath of the Earth, the breath of nature, the breath of man.
What are we breathing now?
What are we going to breathe tomorrow?
What will our children and grandchildren breathe?
Water is the most important substance for all creatures living on Earth.
The role of water in the global circulation of matter and energy, the emergence and maintenance of life on Earth, in the chemical structure of living organisms, in the formation of climate and weather is extremely important.
The stars of the ballet scene are captured in the water in the images of sea creatures against the background of debris, the continuation of the main theme of the project is the contrast of the beautiful against the background of the terrible.
The Latin names of some works are the names of endangered species of fish.
The main reasons for the decline in their population are water pollution and overfishing.
Among the most pollution-sensitive fish, the well-known species are Atlantic salmon or salmon (Salmo salar), pike perch (Sander lucioperca), sturgeon fish - Kaluga (Huso dauricus) and Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii).
Red salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) is a fish from the salmon family, which is the basis of fishing and the economy of Kamchatka.
However, its overfishing can endanger the entire ecosystem of the Kamchatka Peninsula - sockeye, being at the beginning of the food chain, makes it possible for all species of animals on the peninsula to exist, for example, being the basis of the diet of brown bears, predatory fish and birds.
Nerps and seals are often victims of conflict with fishermen - animals suffer from competition for food resources or get confused in laid nets, dying on their own or at the hands of fishermen.
The problem of excess plastic today directly affects ballet dancers.
Now, plastic pointes are in great demand all over the world, thanks to the use of modern technologies.
Unlike traditional glued punts, their basis is a “glass ”, cast from polymeric materials.
These shoes can be washed in a washing machine, their insole does not break.
They are more durable, but require sorting and recycling after use.
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How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

Use these key points to highlight that ocean acidification isn't just a coral reef issue—it's a widespread problem impacting a wide range of marine life, including your school mascot, the cuttlefish!

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

Here are the key sentences extracted from the text, focused specifically on the impact of ocean acidification on marine life (including cephalopods, zooplankton, and other non-coral species), which can be used for your climate justice club’s posters and pamphlets:

- "Acidification: results from the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the seas, affecting the balance of the marine ecosystem."

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Mohamad Elbaz
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Editors
Mohamad Elbaz
Pollution of the seas: a disaster threatening the planet
From the inspiration of the series Light and the Happy Planet
During the events of the children's animated series Noor and the Happy Planet, the heroes discussed the danger of pollution of the seas by petroleum substances and how this affects marine life.
The Constitution lists the most important information on the issue of marine pollution.
Seas and oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth ’ s surface and are a vital part of our planet ’ s ecosystem.
But, unfortunately, the seas today face a serious threat: pollution.
What is marine pollution?
The term "marine pollution" refers to the introduction of harmful substances into the marine environment, which adversely affects the health of the seas and the organisms that inhabit them.
Types of marine pollution:
Plastic waste pollution: Plastic waste is one of the most common types of pollution, posing a serious threat to marine life.
Oil pollution: It is caused by oil spills from oil tankers or oil platforms, and causes significant damage to the marine ecosystem.
• Chemical pollution: resulting from the discharge of industrial chemicals and agricultural materials into the seas.
Noise pollution is caused by human activities such as oil and gas exploration and marine tourism.
Acidification: results from the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the seas, affecting the balance of the marine ecosystem.
Effects of Marine Pollution:
• Killing marine organisms: Harmful substances cause the death of many marine organisms, such as fish and sea turtles.
Destruction of corals: Chemicals and changes in water temperature affect the health of corals, threatening their survival.
Seafood contamination: Seafood becomes contaminated with harmful substances, posing a risk to human health.
Impact on biodiversity: Marine pollution reduces biodiversity in the marine ecosystem.
Influence on climate: The seas play an important role in regulating climate, and changes in the marine ecosystem affect climate changes.
Solutions to combat marine pollution:
Reduce plastic use: Use environmentally friendly alternatives such as cloth bags and reusable bottles.
• Wastewater Treatment: Treatment of wastewater before discharge into the sea.
• Tighten laws: Establish strict laws to reduce marine pollution and punish violators.
Raise awareness: Educate the community about the dangers of marine pollution and the need to take steps to protect them.
Conclusion:
The pollution of the seas is a global responsibility, so we must all work together to protect our seas and our planet.
Through collaboration and outreach, we can ensure a more sustainable future for the seas and the organisms that inhabit them.

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- "There are many animals that contain in their skeleton or shell calcium carbonate, and changes in the pH of water can negatively affect these organisms, especially in the early stages of their life."

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In cooperation with the Foundation for the Advancement of Science and the Atomic Energy Agency
« Research » conducted a study on the impact of « acidification » on shrimp
The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), in cooperation with the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), completed a study project to investigate the impact of ocean acidification and ocean surface warming on the growth and abundance of local shrimp.
In turn, the head of the project, researcher Lamia Muslim at the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences Research at the Institute, said that there are many animals that contain in their skeleton or shell calcium carbonate, and changes in the pH of water can negatively affect these organisms, especially in the early stages of their life. The sea and some phytoplankton species, but that does not mean that this is a positive thing because the increased growth of these organisms can disrupt the food chain, biodiversity and ecosystem mechanisms and construction.
She added that the presence of large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere leads to the occurrence of global warming and the rise of the surface of the oceans by between one and three degrees Celsius, and the rise of the water level to an amount ranging from 0.18 to 0.79 meters, which in turn leads to acidification and warming of the surface of the oceans, and therefore to change the chemistry of the ocean and threaten marine ecosystems.
She pointed out that the shrimp mothers were collected from Kuwaiti territorial waters during the breeding season to obtain eggs and shrimp larvae in sufficient numbers to conduct experiments on all stages of shrimp age, as the study experiments were conducted in the laboratories of the Institute in a controlled system simulating the expected climate changes in the future.
The results of the study confirmed that the warming of the surface of the oceans could have a greater impact than ocean acidification on the early life stages of shrimp larvae, as shrimp larvae exposed to high temperatures showed accelerated growth rates to reach the sizes of older shrimp, but with lower survival rates, it is very likely that lower survival and growth rates under future climate scenarios may lead to the emergence of smaller shrimp larvae. These larvae will undergo multiple molting processes over their life cycle making them vulnerable; furthermore, the study results suggest additional effects of combined exposure to ocean surface warming and acidification on egg-hatching success, survival, and shrimp larval development.
Al-Musallam said: “The study is fully consistent across the entire life cycle of the M Nair shrimp, where high mortality of larvae at low pH and high water temperature indicates a possible collapse of this species of crustacean under conditions of increased ocean acidification and future warming of the ocean surface, which also leads to a significant reduction in shrimp stocks in the Arabian Gulf due to overfishing or reduced larval growth due to climate change. ”
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Dr. Saifuddin Iqbaluddin, from the Center for Environmental and Life Sciences Research, said experts regularly measure water temperature and pH levels and look at how marine life might respond to these changes in the coming decades.
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At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

What do shellfish use to build their shells?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- "The study revealed that the larvae 'breathing rates increased significantly when exposed to a combination of acidification and warming."

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Content: The Arctic region is currently undergoing rapid and significant changes, with acidification and warming occurring at alarming rates.
These shifts raise concerns about the resilience of marine communities in the face of such environmental shifts.
Marine zooplankton, especially copepods, play a crucial role in the Arctic food web.
However, differences in environmental conditions can disrupt zooplankton populations, leading to adverse consequences for the entire ecosystem.
Recent research has focused on understanding the extent to which copepods in early life are exposed to environmental stressors, as they represent a critical bottleneck in the copepods life cycle.
A study by Espinel Velasco et al.
(2023) Explore the responses of 4-day-old Kalanos Hyperborius Lenobli to acidification (pH 7.5 and 8.1) and warming (0 and 3 ° C), both individually and collectively.
The study revealed that the larvae 'breathing rates increased significantly when exposed to a combination of acidification and warming.
Surprisingly, exposure to these stressors individually did not produce the same effect.
Surprisingly, the researchers did not find any noticeable differences in fat content and fatty acid composition in the larvae across various experimental treatments.
Wax esters, which make up about 75% of the fat reserve, and high amounts of long-chain fatty acids 20: 1 and 22: 1, necessary for copepods to reproduce, have been detected in all treatments.
By highlighting the sensitivity of larvae to the combined effects of acidification and warming, this study aligns with a growing body of evidence from relevant research.
It highlights the potential impacts of global change on Arctic copepod populations and stresses the importance of understanding early life stage responses to environmental stressors.
Questions and Answers:
Q: What are zooplankton?
A: Zooplankton refers to small, often microscopic, organisms that drift into the ocean or other bodies of water and serve as one of the main sources of food for many marine species.
Q: What is the role of copepods in the Arctic food web?
A: Copepods, especially calanotic copepods such as Calanus Hyperboreus, are a critical component of the Arctic food web.
They serve as a vital link between primary producers (such as phytoplankton) and higher trophic levels, serving as a food source for various marine species.
Q: What is acidification?
A: Acidification refers to the process of increasing acidity (lowering pH) in seawater due to the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
This occurs as a result of human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels.
Q: How does global warming affect marine ecosystems?
A: Ocean warming can have various impacts on marine ecosystems, including changes in species distribution, changing reproductive cycles, and potential disruptions to the delicate balance of food webs.
Source: Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389 / fmars.2023.1240673

At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

- "Zooplankton refers to small, often microscopic, organisms that drift into the ocean or other bodies of water and serve as one of the main sources of food for many marine species."

- "35 years ago, the waters of Lake Colden in New York’s Adirondack Mountains turned out to be too acidic for fish life, making these picturesque bodies of water one of the main victims of acid rain."

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Content: Acid rain.
A real danger or an exaggerated prediction of doom?
35 years ago, the waters of Lake Colden in New York ’ s Adirondack Mountains turned out to be too acidic for fish life, making these picturesque bodies of water one of the main victims of acid rain.
Red spruce trees in New England have also shown signs of stress due to the leakage of bio-calcium rain into the soil, which has severely halted tree growth, and today; trout in Lake Colden have returned and spruce trees have flourished, tangible signs of the success of decades-long efforts to mitigate acid rain.
After sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions that cause acid rain have dropped dramatically in Europe and North America, it ’ s easy to look at the panicked news of the 1980s and 1990s and wonder if acid rain is actually a “nuisance, not a disaster, ” as emeritus biochemistry professor William Revell wrote for the Irish Times. The problem is that we may never know the answer definitively.
Scientists in the United States and Scandinavia discovered acid rain in the 1960s and chose to gather evidence for years before the alarm sounded in the 1970s and 1980s, and American ecologist Jane Likens and colleagues found that while rainwater was often slightly acidic with a pH of 5.6, by 1980 the average U.S. rainfall had a pH of 4.6, 10 times more acidic, and it was getting worse.
The problem was most acute in areas downwind of coal power plants (the main sources of sulfur dioxide emissions); the pH of rainstorms sometimes drops to 3 or less, such as grapefruit juice or soda, and these types of rainfall weathered buildings, degraded the nutrients trees need to survive, and caused the release of aluminum into the soil.
Scientists across the Atlantic Ocean in Sweden have warned that half of the country ’ s lakes and rivers will reach critical pH by the early mid-21st century, which could cause large numbers of fish to die if action is not taken to stop acid rain.
Whether these scenarios constitute “noise, ”“ nuisance, ” or “disaster, ” may depend on one ’ s thinking towards scientific and environmental predictions, but there is no doubt that acid rain was a growing problem for which humans are responsible.
That ’ s why, after years of public debate, U.S. lawmakers created a bipartisan trade program that capped sulphur dioxide emissions in the energy industry at a significantly lower level than in 1980, allowed companies to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions in the energy industry, and set limits on nitrogen oxide emissions.
The free market program has been a huge success; the national average annual ambient sulfur dioxide concentrations in the United States fell by a whopping 93% between 1980 and 2018.
Although the acid rain cloud has almost disappeared from much of Europe, North America, Australia and Japan, it is a growing problem in places such as India and China, where coal power continues to be widely used, and urban areas in Latin America and Africa are also seeing increasing rainfall acidity.
For these places, reducing the harmful emissions that fuel acid rain is synonymous with reducing all air pollution; four million people die prematurely from outdoor air pollution globally.
Making air more breathable and reducing the acidity of rain benefits everyone, regardless of whether acid rain is an exaggerated problem or a real problem.
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How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

**Summary for Poster/Pamphlet Use:**
- Ocean acidification is caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into the seas, disrupting the balance of marine ecosystems.

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

What is the main cause of ocean acidification?

water absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

- Many marine animals, especially those that build shells or skeletons from calcium carbonate (such as shellfish, mollusks, and possibly some cephalopods in their early stages), are highly vulnerable to changes in ocean pH, particularly when they are larvae or juveniles.

At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does coastal ocean acidification affect shellfish?

What do shellfish use to build their shells?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- The breathing rates of marine animal larvae can increase under acidified and warmer conditions, stressing their development.

At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will affect their physiology and growth

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

- Zooplankton, a vital food source for many marine species, are also impacted by acidification, which can affect the entire ocean food web.

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- Past events show that acidification can make waters too toxic for fish and other life, emphasizing the seriousness of the issue beyond just coral reefs.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

How does elevated water acidity affect fish ability to survive?

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

**Note:** While the information provided highlights general effects, for cephalopods (like your cuttlefish mascot), research has shown some species may be more resilient, but their early life stages and food sources (like zooplankton) remain at risk.

At what stage of life are calcium carbonate-based organisms most vulnerable to changes in water pH?

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

These focused points will help your climate club effectively communicate the broader impacts of ocean acidification on marine life at your school!

Here are the key sentences from the given text based on their relevance to the impact of ocean acidification on marine life and ocean conservation, which can be included in educational posters and pamphlets:

- At the same time, we should also educate our next generation on how to protect marine life and achieve the goal of sustainable use of marine environment and resources.

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Content: In order to promote the concept of marine conservation, the Marine Conservation Department of the Ocean Commission specially organizes the "Let the Ocean Be a Future" marine conservation creative drama competition, which is divided into student groups and social groups. Schools, performing groups or interested people are invited to jointly think about how to act for the future of the ocean.
This competition invites people to perform and be creative together, which can be presented through traditional drama, puppet drama, shadow drama or various forms. The registration period is from now until September 20, 112, and the total prize money is NT $500,000. Details of the registration can be downloaded at https: / / reurl.cc / qk4lER.
At the press conference, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, and the Agricultural Committee of the Executive Yuan jointly held a ceremony to share the experience of the 110th annual competition. The Trident, transformed into the Patronus of the Ocean, symbolizes an inter-ministerial mission to protect our oceans, and officially announces the launch of the 2023 Marine Conservation Creative Drama Competition.
In response to the elements of education, culture and marine resources, the event is particularly grateful to the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and the Council of Agriculture of the Executive Yuan as the guiding units to assist in the guidance and publicity of the event; marine conservation has become an international trend, how to use life experience to participate in marine conservation affairs, and thus achieve the goal of ocean friendly, is an important purpose of this event.
At the same time, we should also educate our next generation on how to protect marine life and achieve the goal of sustainable use of marine environment and resources. We hope that through the marine conservation creative drama competition, we will invite all walks of life to create thought-provoking drama through the combination of creativity and marine conservation knowledge, so that we can provide a better future for the ocean.
# Ocean Conservation # Creative Drama # Future # Ocean # Competition

- The exhibition will also present the process from ocean experience, beach cleaning and sea waste creation, so that everyone cherishes the ocean as a family, and work together to "create a better future for the mountains, the sea and the sand city."

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Taitung University ’ s USR Y-2 Project Wins the Silver Award of Asia ’ s Most Influential Design Award
▲ “Sea Waste Innovation Education Exhibition ” won the“ DFA Asia ’ s Most Influential Design Award ” Silver Award in the Service and Experience Design category. (Photo by reporter Yang Han-sheng)
Journalist Yang Han-sheng / reporting from Taitung
The USR Taitung Y2 Project of National Taitung University has developed the "Cross-disciplinary Course Module on University Social Responsibility" and launched a cross-disciplinary integration course to lead students from different disciplines to explore topics across different disciplines.
Among them, the “Nature Education Training and Development ” curriculum was jointly curated and the“ Sea Waste Innovation Education Exhibition ” was awarded the Silver Award in the “Service & Experience Design ” category of the Design For Asia Awards (DFA) in the International Design Competition 2023.
The exhibition will be on display from 18th to 23rd at Fushan Experimental Primary School in Peinan Township, Taitung.
The “Nature Education Training and Development ” course takes the surrounding area of the Carolan tribe as an exploration area, from understanding the local sea-woman culture, the ocean, the coast to the sea-bottom waste, to stimulate students to reflect, and to clean the beach for the local efforts, the collected sea waste for design thinking and creation.
Through interactive display, visitors will be prompted to reflect, and the four pieces of thought-provoking works jointly created and designed will be integrated into a mobile touring exhibition form of "Sea Waste Creativity Education Exhibition".
Professor Wen Zhuomou, director of the Shanhai Center, said that the sustainable development goal SDG14 project marine conservation ecology, combined with the University's social responsibility USR program to promote and operate, so that the "sea waste creation education exhibition" on the world stage.
Chen Chun-wei, a co-lecturer of the Department of Digital Media and Education, explained that the exhibition is designed with experiential learning and design thinking for the purpose of environmental sustainability and natural education.
Using marine waste as a material, by understanding the ocean experience and the process of beach cleaning to sea waste creation, the coastal line as the core of natural environment education, social reflection and practice, so as to re-understand and understand the situation of the ocean, in order to “implement social responsibility practices and promote SDG14 marine ecology conservation ”.
The “Sea Waste Innovation and Education Exhibition ” will continue to promote marine environmental conservation along the eastern coast, so that students and the public can understand the size of the ocean world in which they live, and there will be more opportunities for marine waste created by humans.
The exhibition will also present the process from ocean experience, beach cleaning and sea waste creation, so that everyone cherishes the ocean as a family, and work together to "create a better future for the mountains, the sea and the sand city."
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Content: Primary Science _ The EdUHK promotes the Primary Science Curriculum for 3 schools to test the Chinese Arctic Expedition and Social Service Experience
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Over 300 students and parents attended the seminar. (Provided by EdUHK)
Primary General Studies will be split into Humanities and Sciences from Primary 4 in the 2025 / 26 school year. Primary schools can choose to start testing in September this year one year ahead of schedule.
The Education University of Hong Kong has launched a science curriculum for primary and secondary schools, which includes teaching materials from the China Arctic expedition team, social service experience, etc., for implementation by three pilot primary schools.
The programme, entitled “From Arctic Expedition ” to“ Sustainable Marine Ecology and Global Citizenship Education ” (ESDGC14), is designed by the Department of Teaching and Learning. Five local schools, university students and one Swedish international primary school work together to deepen the existing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) education.
The curriculum adopts a diversified learning model, including the use of materials derived from the Arctic Expedition, the introduction of science courses in English, the implementation of cross-learning mentorship programmes covering primary and secondary students, and the inclusion of different social service experiences.
The course is divided into 3 parts.
Part 1 will use a set of 90 pictorial diaries on Arctic expeditions that integrate scientific knowledge, exploration experience and cultural background as teaching materials; Part 2 will have four stages of science courses taught in English, covering popular science education, inquiry learning, laboratory experiential learning and fieldwork. To promote knowledge of global climate change to the community.
The curriculum is designed to respond to UNESCO ’ s “Education 2030 ” requirement and incorporate the results of the China Polar Team.“ Students should not only learn about science, but also propose strategic conservation solutions to alleviate global marine ecological problems. The aim is to inspire teachers to make reference to the diversity of teaching and learning in primary science subjects. ” This model enables students to develop in an all-round way and better equip them to interface with junior high schools.
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- In order to be close to the ocean and realize the conservation of the ocean and marine resources, Chenggong Junior High School held a beach clean-up event on the 29th in Crescent Bay, Zhubei City, to turn the service of caring for the community into a driving force, and to lead students to understand and reflect on the ocean and understand the importance of harmonious development of people and the ocean.

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Content: In order to be close to the ocean and realize the conservation of the ocean and marine resources, Chenggong Junior High School held a beach clean-up event on the 29th in Crescent Bay, Zhubei City, to turn the service of caring for the community into a driving force, and to lead students to understand and reflect on the ocean and understand the importance of harmonious development of people and the ocean.
The event began with teachers explaining the marine environment and ecology, and then spent two hours in groups cleaning the beach, and finally cleaned up dozens of kilograms of marine garbage, which was handled by the cleaning team of the Zhubei Municipal Office.
We attach importance to the values and concepts of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and try to integrate them into our curriculum and school activities.
Before the beach clean-up, the school applied to the Seeing Zeppelin Foundation to see the Taiwan School Public Broadcasting Program. From the video broadcast and the instructor ’ s explanation, students can see the beauty and sadness of Taiwan ’ s coast, and then lead students to the ocean to understand the impact of their hometown ’ s coast, and turn it into action to promote change.
On the 29th, Zhuang Li, a teacher of the math class, explained the marine environment and ecology, allowing students to actually understand the ecology of shallow water areas such as coastal mangroves, ocean tides and the use and regeneration of marine resources.
Next, all students will be divided into 6 groups, respectively to pick up the beach and coastal debris debris, and return to the original appearance of the coast.
After two hours of efforts to clean up the beach, teachers and students cleaned up a lot of marine waste. According to statistics, the most common is daily life plastic products, including PET bottles, plastic bags, straws, glass bottles, plastic bottles, paper lunch boxes, spoons, cigarette butts and aluminum foil bags.
The other part is fishing waste, such as Polarilon buoyancy gear, waste fishing nets, floating balls, etc.
After sorting and sorting, a total of more than 10 bags full of garbage, a total of nearly tens of kilograms of marine waste was cleaned, and the cleaning team of the Zhubei Municipal Office assisted in the removal and removal.
The school said that through the beach cleaning activities, understanding the importance of marine ecological sustainability, and allowing students to have social responsibility and care for service, love the living environment and land, and establish action to practice social service concept.
# Ocean # Success Middle School # Beach Cleanup # Beach Cleanup # Student

Unfortunately, this passage does not provide direct scientific information about how ocean acidification impacts marine life such as cephalopods, octopuses, or marine mammals.

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Content: The Truth Behind GDP “Wealth ” The Problem of Economic Growth
Without enough insanity, there can be no fundamental change.
In this case, insanity comes from being out of the ordinary, having the courage to reject immutability, and creating the future.
- Thomas.
by Thomas Sankara
Let us imagine ourselves succeeding: poor countries have been freed from the constraints of structural adjustment and have an equal voice in global governance organizations; and the rebalancing of international trade rules has given poor countries fair trade opportunities.
They suddenly found themselves free to formulate economic policies based solely on the national interest, without coercion or threat of invasion by the powerful, and to adopt the developmentalist methods that they achieved in the 1960s and 1970s, including nationalizing oil resources and mines, taking back control of telecommunications and water infrastructure, protecting domestic industries with high tariffs, and nurturing businesses until they could compete with the rest of the world. Agribusiness enterprises to ensure that small farmers have a stable land and provide subsidies to promote national food security. As domestic industry developed, these policies created more jobs in the country, and unions fought for decent wages for workers, so the middle class began to increase.
With rising income growth and falling poverty rates, hunger has become a thing of the past. With tax havens closing, government revenues rising and no longer burdened with heavy debt, social spending on universal health care and education has been made redundant.
The increase in university enrollment and, as the public health system and access to generic drugs became easier, eventually curbed the ravages of tropical diseases.
This is a convincing vision.
All of these theories are possible in the context of a fairer global economy, but in fact, we still have unsolved problems.
The standard developmentalist model hopes that poor countries can increase their industrial economy and income levels to the level of rich countries.
Of course, this pattern of economic growth will not only increase resource consumption, but also increase waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
This process is normal and even unavoidable to some extent.
Unfortunately, given the planet ’ s resources and ability to absorb greenhouse gases, there is not enough ecological capacity to achieve this goal.
Scientists say that even at the current level of total global resource consumption, the Earth ’ s ecological load is already overloaded by about 60% per year.
These overloads are almost entirely due to excessive consumption in rich countries.
According to data from the Global Footprint Network in Auckland, only 1.8 “global hectares ” are consumed per person per year at the current ecological capacity of the planet, which is the standard unit for calculating resource use, waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
If this is exceeded, it means that the Earth cannot replenish the resources it consumes or absorb more waste.
In other words, we will be forced onto a path of gradual degradation. 1.8 Global hectares are roughly equal to the average consumption of the average person in Ghana or Guatemala, compared to 4.7 global hectares per person in Europe and 8 global hectares per person in the United States and Canada, which is several times the average share.
To understand how extreme this overconsumption can be, imagine that if each of us were to live like the average citizen in a high-income country, the equivalent of 3.4 Earths would be sufficient.
Most people do not easily feel the impact of overloading the Earth's environment so they do not understand the concept, but more and more scientific data proves this.
Take deforestation as an example: Sixty years ago, 1.6 billion hectares of mature rainforest filled the earth, yet human industry destroyed more than half of them.
Take the soil as an example: 40% of the earth ’ s agricultural soils are severely degraded, mostly because intensive agricultural techniques and fertilizers make the soil no longer fertile, which means that agricultural production will begin to collapse in the near future. 343 Take fish as an example: About 85% of the world ’ s fish resources have been overexploited or depleted, and 344 Haddock production has fallen to 1% of its original level; 345 Halibut production was reduced to 0.2%.
The main reason is overfishing, but it is also partly due to rapid ocean acidification caused by high levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the Earth ’ s atmosphere.
Scientists say that it ’ s not just fish, as many as 140,000 plant and animal species are disappearing every year due to over-exploitation of the Earth ’ s ecosystem. 346 species are dying out hundreds or even thousands of times faster than before the Industrial Revolution, and so fast that scientists classify them as the sixth mass extinction in Earth ’ s history, the last of which occurred about 66 million years ago.
This is only happening at our current level of overall economic activity, that is, the level of resource consumption that exists in rich and poor countries.
If poor countries are to eradicate poverty, it is necessary to increase the consumption of resources, and this will only lead us further to disaster.
Unless, rich countries start to reduce their resource consumption.
The Problem of Economic Growth
Reducing resource consumption in rich countries may sound simple, but it is also a fair and sensible way to do so.
But given the current structure of the economy, this idea is almost entirely off the table.
In fact, almost all economists and politicians focus on the exact opposite: increasing GDP, which means increasing production and resource consumption each year.
Of all the economic thinking today, this is probably the most mainstream idea, so popular that almost no one doubts it.
Because the GDP indicator seems to have always existed, we take it for granted as a measure of economic development, but most people do not know that this indicator has been invented in recent years.
This indicator of the total economy actually comes from the economist Simon.
It was designed by Simon Kuznets and Keynes in the 1930s to help policymakers understand how to get out of the Great Depression.
Its goal is to calculate the monetary value of all the goods and labor produced so that policymakers can have a clearer idea of where the problems are coming from and what solutions are needed.
Gu argues that measures must be taken to help maximize social well-being and to track the progress of human social welfare.
He wants GDP indicators to exclude the value of negative items such as advertising, transportation and policing, because even the growth of these items does not represent an increase in people ’ s living standards.
However, when World War II broke out, Keynes changed this concept, insisting that all money-based projects, even negative ones, must be counted in order to determine how much productivity could be used for the war.
The final Keynesian version of GDP began to run around the world.
GDP was originally a measure of the economy in times of war, which is why the purpose of this measure is so monotonous, even violent.
Because it aggregates all money-based activities, it doesn ’ t care whether they are good or bad for the planet ’ s environment. Deforesting forests and selling timber, developing mountains and mining coal, or extending working hours and the retirement age, all of which increase GDP.
However, GDP cannot calculate the cost, so this indicator cannot measure the value of forests that have lost carbon dioxide absorption, or the loss of mountain forests that have lost homes for endangered species, and it cannot measure the physical and psychological damage caused by overwork.
This metric ignores not only the bad but also the good because it doesn ’ t measure many meaningful activities that aren ’ t based on money.
Growing your own food, cleaning your house, or caring for your elderly parents are not included in GDP because they do not involve any money transactions. They are only counted when a money transaction is generated.
Of course, it is not an absolute error to measure something and exclude something else, because the GDP indicator itself does not have any effect on the real world, it is the increase in GDP that affects us.
Once we start focusing on GDP growth, we are not only promoting the various economic behaviors measured by GDP, but also encouraging them to grow indefinitely.
That ’ s what we ’ ve been doing since the 1960s.
During the Cold War, in order to adjudicate the boring “race ” between the West and the Soviet Union, GDP began to be widely used, and politicians on both sides suddenly began to be enthusiastic about increasing GDP.
Gu has warned people that GDP should not be seen as a normal measure of economic success because it would cause too much damage.
But then people started doing it, and the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund quickly extended the indicator to the rest of the world.
Today, governments in almost every country, rich or poor, are focused on the single goal of increasing GDP.
Generally speaking, if we want the global economy to function well, we need at least 2% to 3% annual GDP growth.
If growth falls below this rate, economists will tell people that the economy is in crisis; if growth falls to zero, economists will tell people that the entire economic system is about to collapse.
So, what will be the level of growth that will make the global economy work well?
In 2015, global GDP reached $73 trillion, and 3% growth means an additional $2 trillion, which is the value we must produce for the global economy next year in order to maintain economic stability. $2 trillion is about the GDP of the United Kingdom.
Imagine all the cars, televisions, houses, factories, barrels of oil and other products that the UK produces every year, keeping in mind that there are as many goods as mountains, that is, the amount of production that people have to increase in the next year on top of the world ’ s original production.
And because this growth is exponential rather than linear, it means that people have to add more in the following year and more in the following year.
The compound multiplier is very powerful, with a growth rate of 4.5% roughly the total growth that governments around the world want to achieve, so that the volume of goods will double every 16 years and quadruple every 32 years.
For example, if ancient Egypt had 1 cubic meter of assets and was growing at a rate of 4.5% per year, by the end of its 3,000 years of culture, all ancient Egyptian assets needed 2.5 billion solar systems to be stored.
Therefore, scientists should really realize that infinite exponential growth is extremely absurd.
Imagine that we follow this trajectory indefinitely to deny the most obvious fact that the Earth has its physical limits.
As David Attenborough has made clear, “Anyone who thinks he can achieve unlimited growth on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist. ”
What happens to the world when the current level of economic activity exceeds the planet ’ s ecological capacity and we still consider exponential growth?
The future that is coming seems to be miserable.
Scientists point out that tropical mature forests will disappear by 2050, and species diversity will decline by another 10%. 347 Compared to 1950, the current average amount of seafood that can be harvested will be reduced by more than 90%.
Most major metals, such as gold, silver, copper and zinc, as well as many key metals used in renewable energy technologies, such as lead, indium and antimony, are about to run out.
If Silicon Valley entrepreneurs like Elon Musk are to be believed, they might be able to mine the moon and asteroids for metal instead.
But mining for minerals from other planets will not help much for the planet ’ s forests and fish, nor will it help the planet ’ s soil crisis.
Because, at the current rate of soil depletion, the world ’ s farmland surface soils will be more or less unusable by 2050, and will no longer exist by 2075.
Despite these obvious problems with GDP growth, for some reason GDP growth is equal to human progress.
We believe that life gets better when the GDP indicator goes up – our incomes increase and we have more jobs, which means that society has better schools, hospitals, etc.
That may have been the case in the past, but when the world is empty and human footprints do not have much impact on the face of the planet, unfortunately, that argument will no longer hold.
Over the past half century, U.S. GDP has grown steadily, but median income has stagnated, poverty has risen, and inequality has increased.
The same is true across the globe, where, while global real GDP has nearly doubled since 1980, the number of people living in poverty on less than $5 a day has increased by more than 1.1 billion.
Why is this the case?
Because at some point, the full growth of domestic production will start to lead to more negative outcomes than positive ones, that is, “ills ” than wealth. 352 Because there will be no more accumulation of capital that will not directly harm other people ’ s fields, such as enclosures, soil degradation, water pollution, human exploitation or climate change.
We have reached the point where GDP growth creates more poverty than it reduces.
As global political institutions put their weight on increasing GDP, humans and nature are under enormous pressure.
We can see countries presented in different ways, such as land grabs in India, privatisation of public services in the UK, deforestation in the Amazon basin in Brazil, and fracking and oil sands extraction in the US and Canada.
If you look at the negative consequences of increasing GDP from a global perspective, it is longer working hours, more expensive housing prices, land depletion, urban pollution, and a waste of marine resources, especially climate change.
All of these negative outcomes are to increase GDP, and those who resist this destructive trend will feel powerless, a sense of powerlessness that comes from government indifference.
According to the government ’ s most important indicators of progress, destruction must continue at all costs.
This is not because of the destructive power within humans, but because humans have rules that encourage behavior in destructive ways.
As the economist Joseph Stiglitz once said, “What we measure affects our behavior. ”
If we take the wrong things into account, then mistakes will follow. ”
It is worth noting that as long as GDP growth remains the main goal of global economic development, the solutions we described in the previous chapter may not be achieved. As the system desperately seeks the boundaries of capital accumulation, the pressure on GDP growth translates into pressure for increased debt, more structural adjustment, and free trade, and more monetization.
At least as far as the current economic organization is concerned, this is still a necessary condition for the sustainable development of our economy.
(This article is written by Jason.
Hekker, “Why Are Some Countries Save The More Poor? ” (Exposing the Dark Insider of Global Inequality & Solution), Savage Culture
Extended reading
Officially defined poverty lines make poverty an anomaly.
High-tech systems exacerbate discrimination against the poor
Hong Jingshu: Algorithms for Making Poverty Injustice

It mostly describes educational and conservation initiatives.

For your posters, you might want to supplement these awareness-raising quotes with scientific facts such as:

- Ocean acidification affects the ability of marine organisms like shellfish, corals, and some plankton to build their shells and skeletons.

What factors lead to damage of coral reefs?

- Some species of cephalopods, like cuttlefish and squid, may experience changes in development, behavior, and survival rates.

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- Acidic waters can impact the senses and navigation abilities of marine mammals and fish, disrupting feeding and breeding behaviors.

How do scientists expect ocean acidification to impact specific fish species?

it will alter their key behaviors
it will affect their survival

Which marine organism is vulnerable to increased levels of ocean acidification?

- Ocean acidification threatens food webs and biodiversity, which in turn affects human communities that depend on the ocean.

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