[OANNES Foro] More than 100 aquatic-science societies sound climate alarm

[Mario Cabrejos]

*More than 100 aquatic-science societies sound climate alarm*

Scott A. Bonar

19 JANUARY 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00107-x



Prompted by the urgency of the situation, 111 aquatic-science societies —
representing more than 80,000 scientists from 7 continents — have issued a
statement on how anthropogenic climate change is affecting marine and
freshwater ecosystems, with a plea to avoid their further degradation and
to speed mitigation (see go.nature.com/2lq9zma).

This year is crucial: the United Nations Climate Change Conference in
November is widely considered the last chance to unify action; the United
States has elected a presidential administration on the country’s most
ambitious climate platform; the European Green Deal is under way; and
pledges to reach net-zero emissions from China, Japan and South Korea are
nearing the targets set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Recovery from the COVID‑19 pandemic should help to focus efforts to curb
trends such as melting of ice sheets, ocean warming and acidification, and
changes in precipitation patterns and freshwater flow, as well as to
alleviate their impacts (see go.nature.com/3sndjyu).

These societies call on world leaders and the public to act now to protect
and sustain global aquatic ecosystems and their services, on which we all
depend. Time is running out to control emissions, improve adaptation
measures and reduce other environmental stressors that act synergistically
with climate change.



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