The Dive into the 'Sea of Change'

The dive into the ‘Sea of Change’ has been a rewarding journey where we explored the changing marine and coastal environments.

Climate change has had an important role in changing biodiversity. The analysis of new and reviewed studies on both fish migrations and coral species extinctions has been an important part of the ‘Sea of Change’ as it is to changing marine ecosystems. A focus on plastic waste hiding in the deep blue oceans was drawn as it has been a threat to marine life. Followed by the role of the ocean in the geoengineering studies where we questioned the reliability of climate change mitigation through water bodies.

Figure 1: Breakdown of the disciplines covered through the 'Sea of Change.

Coastal climate change is another important part of the changing environment as sea level rises has been posing threats to the low-lying regions of the world. Along with low-lying nations, deterioration of coastal freshwaters has been under stark focus. Furthermore, as an important discovery of the 21st century, the scale of carbon deposition into the atmosphere by coastal waters was also explored through the ‘Sea of Change’.

Through the ten weeks, we have travelled around the world covering various disciplines which are important elements of 21st-century marine and coastal climate crisis. I think it is fair to say that to put an end to this threatening ‘Sea of Change’ we need to be the change.

Figure 2: A map of the locations explored through the 'Sea of Change'.

All of the scientific term definitions are available.

Thank you for being a part of this journey that is ‘Sea of Change’.