Climate Change Solutions? Start With the Ocean.

This article outlines the importance of focusing on the ocean when we discuss matters of climate change. The ocean serves two critical functions for climate change. It serves as a CO2 sinkhole, and it also serves as a practical source of clean, renewable energy. It is the most important resource in securing our future. Climate change, and solutions for climate change, are directly related to challenges in biodiversity, and biodiversity is a central theme in any biology classroom.

In a biology classroom, this article creates many interesting concepts for my future students to question. Why does the ocean act as such a strong carbon sinkhole? How does the ocean affect climate and weather? What are good renewable energy options that come from the ocean? Why are ocean-based energy resources more practical than land-based resources? The opportunities for diverse assignments are also numerous. This article only goes to a surface level about the topic, and students good many different directions with a research project.

Incorporated Standards: (HS-LS2–7) Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

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