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Jay Ritchlin & Bill Wareham

Jay Ritchlin is director general of Western Canada for the David Suzuki Foundation and Bill Wareham is the science projects manager at the David Suzuki Foundation.

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

Maintaining ocean resilience and health is a climate action. On average, the ocean’s uptake of human-caused emissions is enormous—approximately 2.6 billion tons of carbon annually. If the ocean didn’t act as a climate shield over the past decades, Earth’s atmosphere could have warmed by 36 C. Scientists conclude it is unlikely that the oceans will be able to keep up this pace year in and year out. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

Maintaining ocean resilience and health is a climate action. On average, the ocean’s uptake of human-caused emissions is enormous—approximately 2.6 billion tons of carbon annually. If the ocean didn’t act as a climate shield over the past decades, Earth’s atmosphere could have warmed by 36 C. Scientists conclude it is unlikely that the oceans will be able to keep up this pace year in and year out. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

Maintaining ocean resilience and health is a climate action. On average, the ocean’s uptake of human-caused emissions is enormous—approximately 2.6 billion tons of carbon annually. If the ocean didn’t act as a climate shield over the past decades, Earth’s atmosphere could have warmed by 36 C. Scientists conclude it is unlikely that the oceans will be able to keep up this pace year in and year out. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 16, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

Maintaining ocean resilience and health is a climate action. On average, the ocean’s uptake of human-caused emissions is enormous—approximately 2.6 billion tons of carbon annually. If the ocean didn’t act as a climate shield over the past decades, Earth’s atmosphere could have warmed by 36 C. Scientists conclude it is unlikely that the oceans will be able to keep up this pace year in and year out. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 11, 2019

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 11, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from

At Madrid climate talks, remember ocean protection is climate action

Opinion | BY JAY RITCHLIN & BILL WAREHAM | December 11, 2019

The ocean has nourished and protected a great abundance of life on Earth for billions of years. If we aim to save ourselves from