In the video below, Dr Tymon Zelinski, a leader of the Climate and Ocean Research and Education Unit at the Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, speaks to us from the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, where the consequences of climate change are increasingly visible. Dr Zelinski speaks about the importance of building public awareness of the existence and consequences of climate change on the world’s oceans. He explains that while scientists are constantly gathering data and working on combatting these issues, they can’t do it alone and that ocean protection involves all of us. Dr Zelinski outlines how the third World Ocean Assessment, to be released later this year, will compile the best data and knowledge on the role of the ocean, its current state, and the consequences of climate change on both.
This and many other topics are covered in the World Ocean Assessments, the only global integrated assessments of the state of the ocean. Established by the United Nations General Assembly and prepared by hundreds of scientists from all over the world, the Assessments provide a regular review the environmental, economic and social aspects of the world’s ocean.
