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Who cares about ocean acidification in the Plasticene?

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dc.contributor.authorTiller, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorArenas, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorGaldies, Charles
dc.contributor.authorLeitão, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorMalej, Alenka
dc.contributor.authorRomera, Beatriz Martinez
dc.contributor.authorSolidoro, Cosimo
dc.contributor.authorStojanov, Robert
dc.contributor.authorTurk, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorGuerra, Roberta
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-03T13:33:46Z
dc.date.available2020-08-03T13:33:46Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPlastics is all the rage, and mitigating marine litter is topping the agenda for nations pushing issues such as ocean acidification, or even climate change, away from the public consciousness. We are personally directly affected by plastics and charismatic megafauna is dying from it, and it is something that appears to be doable. So, who cares about the issue of ocean acidification anymore? We all should. The challenge is dual in the fact that is both invisible to the naked eye and therefore not felt like a pressing issue to the public, thereby not reaching the top of the agenda of policy makers; but also that it is framed in the climate change narrative of fear - whereby it instills in a fight-or-flight response in the public, resulting in their avoidance of the issue because they feel they are unable to take action that have results. In this article, we argue that the effective global environmental governance of ocean acidification, though critical to address, mitigate against and adapt to, is hindered by the both this lack of perception of urgency in the general public, fueled by a lack of media coverage, as well as a fight-or-flight response resulting from fear. We compare this to the more media friendly and plastics problem that is tangible and manageable. We report on a media plots of plastics and ocean acidification coverage over time and argue that the issue needs to be detangled from climate change and framed as its own issue to reach the agenda at a global level, making it manageable to assess and even care about for policy makers and the public alike?pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipAgência financiadora European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) ITC Conference Grant within the COST Action OCEANGOV COST-ITCCG-CA15217-372 Horizon 2020 project GoJelly 774499 SINTEF Ocean project SEEINGSHORE NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-031893 NORTE 2020 Portugal 2020 European Union (EU) Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology SFRH/BPD/108949/2015 CLIMFISH project n2/SAICT/2017 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Unionpt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.03.020pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14578
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relationGoJelly - A gelatinous solution to plastic pollution
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleWho cares about ocean acidification in the Plasticene?pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleGoJelly - A gelatinous solution to plastic pollution
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/774499/EU
oaire.citation.endPage180pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage170pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleOcean and Coastal Managementpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume174pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
person.familyNameLeitão
person.givenNameFrancisco
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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