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STEM/Geography: Oceanography and Climate – Ocean Carbon Uptake and Ocean Acidification with Professor Dorothee Bakker from University of East Anglia with University of East Anglia
March 25 @ 16:00 - 16:45
The ocean takes up roughly thirty percent of the carbon dioxide emissions from human activity. Without this ocean carbon uptake, climate change would be much more rapid. But how does this uptake affect the ocean and life in the ocean? How will this uptake change in the future? Can we modify the uptake and its effects on the ocean? What variables do we measure in order to learn about and monitor these processes?
In this session on oceanography and climate, Dorothee Bakker, from the University of East Anglia, explores how ocean carbon uptake leads to ocean acidification, how this might impact on marine life and what platforms and cutting-edge tools oceanographers use in their studies of the global ocean and the life in it.
Lecturer Profile: Professor Dorothee Bakker
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As a live, participative event, this session will not be recorded but slides and other resources will be shared after the event, where available.
Suitable for: Aged 16+ pre-university STEM/Geography students studying, or with a possible interest in studying, Mathematics, Computer Science and related disciplines. Student groups as well as students and teachers joining individually are very welcome.
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