Film Screening A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish

Climate Change and Oceans
7pm, Friday, December 4th, 2009
Burke Theatre, St. Mary’s University

We know that rising greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is affecting the climate, but how are they affecting our oceans that cover 70% of the Earth and play an essential role in regulating our oxygen levels and climate?

A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish explores the question and the answer makes immediate action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions imperative. The film follows Sven Huseby, a retired history teacher, as he tries to understand what ocean acidification means. Speaking with oceanographers, marine biologists, climatologists, and artists, Sven discovers that global warming is only half the story of the environmental catastrophe that awaits us. Excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, changing sea water chemistry. The more acidic water makes it difficult for tiny creatures at the bottom of the food web to form their shells. The effects could work their way up to the fish 1 billion people depend upon for their source of protein.

Let’s keep action on climate change front and centre as we head towards the Copenhagen International Climate Change Conference!

Following the screening will be a Q&A session.

Door prizes, too!
Suggested Donation of $5
Presented by Ecology Action Centre and St.Mary’s University