Kate Fowler finds that our dietary choices can have a huge impact, not just on ocean wildlife, but on the climate change that is affecting the whole planet
The oceans are in trouble. Before the industrial revolution, they were a net source of carbon dioxide, but since humans started emitting vast amounts of climate-altering gases, the oceans have been absorbing it.
In the last decade alone, they have absorbed a quarter of the Earth’s greenhouse gas emissions and are now considered a vital carbon sink.