{"id":24,"date":"2020-01-27T18:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T01:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/oceanthoughts\/?p=24"},"modified":"2020-01-29T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T05:25:18","slug":"who-do-we-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/oceanthoughts\/2020\/01\/27\/who-do-we-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Who do we blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It is no question that human greenhouse gas emissions are to blame. It might be easy to blame yourself and those around you and to try and help by driving less or by eating less meat. If you’re looking for a place to point fingers, an article <\/a>states that 20 companies alone are responsible for more than 20% of OA. Without a surprise, these companies also happen to be the 20 biggest fossil fuel and cement companies in the world.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see who some of the worlds top polluters are according to the Climate accountability institute. Play the activity data moving graph to see the changes from 1965 to 2017! Warning, the numbers are unimaginable.<\/p>\n

Study link: https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.1088\/1748-9326\/ab5abc<\/a><\/p>\n

Reference:<\/p>\n

Licker, R., Ekwurzel, B., Doney, S. C., Cooley, S. R., Lima, I. D., Heede, R., and Frumhoff, P. C. 2019. Attributing ocean acidification to major carbon producers. Environmental Research Letters, 14<\/em>(12). doi:10.1088\/1748-9326\/ab5abc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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