Open AccessOcean‐sized threats
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000192
Subject(s) - happening , political science , environmental ethics , state (computer science) , engineering ethics , public relations , engineering , history , computer science , philosophy , algorithm , performance art , art history
Jane Lubchenco, professor of marine biology and zoology at Oregon State University, and president‐elect of the International Council for Science, said that scientists can do more than they currently are doing to clearly communicate to the public and to policy‐makers those issues associated with the many ecological threats faced by the world's oceans. In doing so, scientists can overcome popularly‐held misperceptions about the health of the world's oceans and thus, help protect the seas. “Science,” Lubchenco said, “has a huge role to play in informing [the public] what is happening and to guide the choice of solutions.]