The ocean is the Earth’s main climate regulator, as it absorbs over 90% of the heat generated by global warming and produces 50% of the oxygen we breathe thanks to phytoplankton. An essential system for life and which has begun to show serious signs of saturation. During an event at the Donostia Sustainability Forum to mark World Oceans Day, Rogelio Pozo, the AZTI general manager, pointed out that the seas’ buffering capacity is reaching a dangerous threshold.

The ocean is the Earth’s main climate regulator, as it absorbs over 90% of the heat generated by global warming and produces 50% of the oxygen we breathe thanks to phytoplankton. An essential system for life and which has begun to show serious signs of saturation. During an event at the Donostia Sustainability Forum to mark World Oceans Day, Rogelio Pozo, the AZTI general manager, pointed out that the seas’ buffering capacity is reaching a dangerous threshold.

Around 30,000 deaths a year due to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are currently recorded in Europe. If action is not taken, the world is facing a global crisis that could lead to 40 million deaths a year by the middle of the century. As Itziar Alkorta Calvo, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), explained at a Donostia Sustainability Forum event, the key to addressing this crisis lies in the ‘One Health’ concept. This approach recognises that human, animal and environmental health are closely interconnected. ‘We cannot affect one type of health without affecting the others’, Itziar Alkorta stressed.

Around 30,000 deaths a year due to infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria are currently recorded in Europe. If action is not taken, the world is facing a global crisis that could lead to 40 million deaths a year by the middle of the century. As Itziar Alkorta Calvo, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), explained at a Donostia Sustainability Forum event, the key to addressing this crisis lies in the ‘One Health’ concept. This approach recognises that human, animal and environmental health are closely interconnected. ‘We cannot affect one type of health without affecting the others’, Itziar Alkorta stressed.

At the start of this century, US oceanography experts pinpointed a critical gap in the educational system: marine sciences were barely covered in the classrooms. What began in 2002 as an online conference to address this problem has now become a global movement that seeks to use the ocean culture to transform our relationship with the sea.

At the start of this century, US oceanography experts pinpointed a critical gap in the educational system: marine sciences were barely covered in the classrooms. What began in 2002 as an online conference to address this problem has now become a global movement that seeks to use the ocean culture to transform our relationship with the sea.