# @fromthebowseat on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B22oB3-FtI6
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/73156098-fromthebowseat-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1c350bd26a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-09-26T00:00:18.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs 🪸 (@fromthebowseat) — https://gondola.cc/fromthebowseat

## Caption

A new unitednations report issued today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that our oceans are in danger.
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Our oceans play a central role in regulating global climate, and global ocean systems largely influence life on land, even hundreds of miles from a coastline.
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But since the start of the Industrial Revolution about 200 years ago, oceans have served as the largest carbon sink on the planet, absorbing the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels and soaking up 90% of the extra heat trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere.
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This build-up of energy and heat from carbon emissions is already altering the chemistry of the ocean and changing ocean currents, disrupting ocean ecosystems, and threatening and displacing coastal communities with rising sea levels and extreme weather events.
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Restoring and protecting ocean ecosystems, and investing in ocean-based solutions, are critical in the global movement for climate action. Our blue planet needs our awareness and protection now more than ever.
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Featured artwork: "Oblivion" by student artist Yoonjae Song, age 17, California
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#climatechange #climatecrisis #ecologicalbreakdown #oceanawareness #oceanconservation #climateactionnow #actonclimate #extinctionrebellion #climatestrike #climateart #oceanart #painting #youthartist #ourocean #beforetheflood

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ecologicalbreakdown, climateart, youthartist, beforetheflood, painting, climatestrike, climatecrisis, climatechange, extinctionrebellion, climateactionnow, oceanawareness, actonclimate, oceanart, ourocean, oceanconservation

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