COP27: Canadian delegation set to talk about oceans’ role in fighting climate change
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Scientists must understand the role oceans have played to date in mitigating climate change, she said, noting it’s also important for coastal communities to know how they must adapt to shifting conditions. But there is a danger that these carbon sinks will turn to emitters as the waters warm, melting caps of frozen methane and other greenhouse gases that lie scattered on the sea floor, she said.“The capacity of the ocean to absorb carbon is gently declining,” Waite said. “But then on top of that we’re seeing that there’s these ? extreme events or rare events that can potentially release carbon in short notice. And we don’t really understand those.
The endangered North Atlantic right whale, for instance, has moved from the Gulf of Maine it used to call home into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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