BCAS Episode 11: Deep Sea and Oceanographic Changes

Resources based on our climate action recommendations from Episode 11 of the BMSC Climate Action Series: Deep Seas and Oceanographic Changes. (Check out @bmscclimate on Instagram, twitter and Facebook for more info!) 1. Did you know you can “go” to the deep sea from the comfort of your living room? Thanks to Ocean Networks Canada’s underwater cameras, you can watch live footage from some of their cabled underwater observatories! And they have even compiled some of their neatest finds from their explorations on YouTube in their “Creatures from the Deep” Playlist! There are constantly new species being discovered in the deep sea, take a look at some of these amazing and sometimes alien-like animals! ONC Live deep sea footage: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/sights-s... Explore Hydrothermal vents:    • Hydrothermal vents: Explore a bizarre deep...   ONC Creatures of the deep mini bites:    • Creatures of the Deep: Mini Bites   2. The transition away from fossil fuels towards electrification means we’ll need a lot of minerals like copper, zinc and nickel -minerals that have formed over millions of years at the bottom of the ocean. But should we be mining massive swaths of the ocean floor that we still know so little about? This webinar has shown how there could be unique and life-saving microbial life down there, not to mention the deep sea stores a ton of our planetary heat and carbon to stabilize our climate! We encourage you to learn more about this contentious topic; to find out more check out the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and the Deep Sea Ocean Stewardship Initiative to learn and take action today! We’ll even link to the International Seabed Authority if you want to find out more about how these new exploitative industries are proposing to be regulated. Deep sea conservation coalition: http://www.savethehighseas.org/ Deep ocean stewardship initiative: https://www.dosi-project.org/ International seabed authority: https://www.isa.org.jm/ 3. Within science, deep sea research is still a relatively recent field of study. Yet as we learned in this webinar, it has massive implications for climate regulation and carbon cycling for a safe and healthy planet. Check out some of these reads to learn more about the connection between a healthy ocean and a healthy planet, and how the deep sea is an unsung hero in the race against climate change -one worth understanding and protecting! The deep sea: a key player to be protected for the climate and ecosystems: https://ocean-climate.org/en/awarenes... Ted Talk; The deep sea impacts our understanding of life:    • This deep-sea mystery is changing our unde...   The marine carbon cycle quickly explained:    • The Marine Carbon Cycle Explained   To find out more about our guest presenters and their work, please visit: Dr. Kim Juniper: https://www.uvic.ca/science/biology/p... https://www.oceannetworks.ca/about-us... Moronke Harris: https://nautiluslive.org/people/moron... https://linktr.ee/imaginativesci Join us in the next BCAS webinar, Episode 12 at 1:00pm PST on Wednesday March 9th as we dive into Climate Education and Misinformation. We’ll bust some myths, and learn how to understand and tackle this social pandemic in your own life! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regis... Credits: Music: No Spirit - Forest Lake Walk https://chll.to/38dc919f We would like to thank our project partners at The Huu-ay-aht First Nations and Ocean Networks Canada for their contributions to this series and making this episode possible. This initiative is funded in part by the Government of Canada.