How Can Seagrasses Help Mitigate Climate Change?
On a triple-digit summer day in Davis, community members found shade and science within the walls of G Street WunderBar at the latest Davis Science Café. Standing at the front of the pub, marine geochemist and oceanographer Tessa Hill showed the audience a picture of a fog-shrouded Tomales Bay and asked them to reflect on their connections to the ocean.
“Maybe it’s a recent visit or maybe it’s a family memory,” she said. “Maybe it’s a food that you love to eat that comes from the ocean.”
As the audience considered their connections, Hill discussed the rapid changes occurring in the oceans due to human-induced climate change: swings in ocean temperatures, unprecedented sea level rise and tectonic shifts in ocean chemistry.