[On-site class] We held a class on "Global Warming" at Oshima Elementary School in Kesennuma City.

2021/ 12/ 10

On December 3, 12 (Thursday), visiting researcher Hiroshi Yamakawa gave a lecture to 0 XNUMXth graders from Kesennuma City Oshima Elementary School, ``The impact of global warming on the sea and the current situation, causes, and countermeasures for sea desertification.'' I gave a class.

　This class was planned as part of the "Integrated Study Time" class at Oshima Elementary School, which is working on marine education. I'm in the middle of the day.

In the class, Professor Yamakawa first explained the mechanism of "global warming".With the development of industry, large amounts of "greenhouse gases" such as CO2 have been emitted, and as a result, the rise in temperature has triggered the effects of climate change on all living organisms, disrupting ecosystems.I also mentioned that the recent increase in southern fish species off the Sanriku coast (such as yellowtail, anglerfish, red sea bream, etc.) is also being affected by global warming.

After that, I talked about the serious situation of sea desertification in the sea of ??Oshima, where I live.Seaweed has a role of "blue carbon" that absorbs CO2, so I learned that growing seaweed would help reduce global warming.I could see how they actively tried to learn what they could do in the sea of ??Oshima, which is familiar to them.

Next, Mr. Yamakawa introduced how he is working with fishermen on Oshima to regenerate seaweed beds using arame. observed in

We would like to thank everyone at Oshima Elementary School and the Kesennuma Regional Promotion Office for their cooperation.

The Sanriku Satellite will continue to actively support local marine education activities.

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