Thread by @aliciaprzporro

Since Monday a small but powerful delegation is representing @CREAF_ecologia at #UNOceanConference2022 in Lisbon.

Why are we, a mainly (but not exclusively) terrestrial ecology research center, at #UNOC2022?

🧵#ScienceDiplomacy #TurquoiseDiplomacy #NoBlueNoGreen #CREAF20k

As Her Deepness @SylviaEarle says, “no blue 💙, no green 💚”, ‘cuz what happens in & to the #ocean affects the whole world since the ocean absorbs:

🔥 90% of the 🌏 extra heat since the 50s
🫧 1/4 of the CO2 from human emissions

#UNOC2022 #OceanDiplomacy #TurquoiseDiplomacy

And what happens in the 💚 also affects deeply the 💙

Our postdoc @ezteliz research focuses on the links between terrestrial and #marine systems, and how river discharges have a great impact on coastal areas, specially #plankton communities.

#UNOC2022 #TurquoiseDiplomacy

Analyzing the data on nutrient exports from rivers in southwest EU + looking at the long term changes in the context of human pressures, she and her team concluded that bold agricultural management measures are urgently required.

📝bit.la/3NsHvQE

#UNOC2022

Why? Because most of the nitrogen affecting coastal communities comes from fertilizers used in agriculture.

🚨 Regulating fertilizers agro-use is also an important measure for #OceanConservation, and policies implemented in land have a great impact in the ocean.

#UNOC2022

The same way that we have #OneOcean that unites us all, our planet 🌍 is a highly interconnected system and we cannot consider the 💙 separated from the 💚.

Breaking silos is the way to go, in international negotiations and in research.

📷@John_M_Nelson

#UNOC2022

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