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Human Influence on the Ocean.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- One Planet, One Ocean
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environment and Ecological Issues.
- Environmental Science.
- Coral reefs and atolls.
- Glaciers.
- Biodiversity.
- Marine life.
- Ocean waves.
- Greenhouses.
- Climate change.
- Ecosystems.
- Arctic Region.
- Local Subjects:
- Environment and Ecological Issues.
- Environmental Science.
- Coral reefs and atolls.
- Glaciers.
- Biodiversity.
- Marine life.
- Ocean waves.
- Greenhouses.
- Climate change.
- Ecosystems.
- Arctic Region.
- Genre:
- Lecture/presentation
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (12 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : SDG Academy, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- This era of human impact on the environment and the ocean is called the Anthropocene, and the main problem is that we produce energy by burning fossil fuels and emit vast amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, leading to global warming. This leads to changing ocean currents, wind currents, and warming patterns, as well as sea level rise and the retreat of sea ice. The two consequences of global warming are the warming of the ocean, which threatens marine ecosystems, and ocean acidification, which diminishes carbonate concentrations in the oceans andeans that calcifying organisms can’t produce their shells. It is hard to predict what the precise regional variations and implications of climate change will be on the ocean.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2026).
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