The ocean is missing

While nations labour to address the many issues arising from climate change, fundamentally incomplete and insufficient data form the basis of the climate assessments informing their policies.

To date, the ocean has absorbed 40 per cent of fossil fuel emissions through processes collectively known as the “ocean carbon pump.” This vital carbon sink is being impacted significantly by unprecedented human-induced climate change, writes Anya Waite. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY ANYA WAITE

December 20, 2021

Declaring the ocean missing may sound strangely vainglorious, but its truth highlights one of the most critical blind spots facing the world today: missing ocean information undermines global climate projections, which could result in failure to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius global-warming target lim...

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