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Climate Change |
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Global climate change looms large as one of if not the biggest threats our oceans face.
As a result of the carbon emissions we have put into the atmosphere our coral reefs are bleaching and our oceans are becoming more acidic.
The consequences are being felt throughout the oceans from the smallest rock pool to the largest reef system of them all - the Great Barrier Reef. A study for the Great Barrier Reef Foundation found that climate induced coral bleaching could cost us $37 billion in lost value from the GBR.
And the troubles don't stop at the shore. Given the essential role oceans play in preserving all life on earth, problems for our seas and their wildlife quickly become problems for us. Over half of the oxygen in the atmosphere comes from the sea.
In other words, we owe one out of every two breaths to the ocean, so the impacts of climate change on the oceans may leave us gasping for breath. |
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Urgent action is required to slow and ultimately reverse the trend of increasing CO2 in the atmosphere. However our climate has become a political football with inter-party point scoring getting in the way of putting runs on the board for curbing carbon pollution.
The time to take decisive action is now. The next 10 years may just prove to be the most important in the next 10,000.
Our goal is to see Australia at the forefront of innovation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce human impacts on our marine wildlife, such as fishing, mining and pollution, which directly reduce the ability of marine ecosystems to combat and recover from climate change impacts.
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Sea FactsThree quarters of the world's oceans are already officially over-exploited, depleted or fished right up to their limit
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