Ocean Network Canada experts to discuss the impact of ocean change on Northern B.C. communities

Credit to Author: David Carrigg| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:54:46 +0000

Ocean Networks Canada experts will discuss the impact of ocean change on Northern B.C. communities and the marine heat wave off the Northeast Pacific during a livestreamed event as part of the UN Climate Change Conference underway in Madrid.

In a prepared statement, Ocean Networks Canada spokesman Greig Bethel said the experts would be available to the public to discuss ocean and climate change on Saturday, Dec. 7 as part of a 24-hour Ocean Day livestream event on YouTube. Ocean Networks Canada is based at the University of Victoria. 

Bethel said the first webinar, from 1-2 p.m., is titled “Northern Communities on the Front Lines of Ocean Change” and will feature Maia Hoeberechts, Ocean Networks Canada’s associate director of learning and community engagement. The focus will be on how earth’s polar regions are changing more rapidly than any other place on the planet, and how these changes are impacting people living in northern communities. 

The second webinar, from 4-5 p.m. is titled “Marine Heat Waves in the Northeast Pacific” with Richard Dewey, Ocean Networks Canada’s associate director of science services. The webinar will focus on the ocean temperature anomaly known as “the Blob” that occurred in 2014. 

The UN Climate Change Conference,  dubbed COP25, is being held in Madrid until Dec. 13. 

To participate in the discussions with Hoeberechts and Dewey, use sli.do and type #VBCOP25 in the “Enter event code” section to join the chat room.

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