SMEA Assistant Professor Ryan Kelly was part of an international team of scientists and policy experts that collaborated on a report titled, “Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios” recently published in the journal Science.

“This work brings together all of the best available science on the effects of global change for the world’s ocean, and clearly sets out how our environmental policy decisions today lead to very different future scenarios. Until now, the ocean has largely been left out of the global climate conversation.” Ryan Kelly, from University of Washington, College of the Environment article “Scientists weigh in on carbon emission’s effect on future ocean conditions.”

You can read more about the report and its findings via the BBC article “CO2 emissions threaten ocean crisis.“