The 23rd annual climate change conference, or COP23, was held in Bonn, Germany, on Nov. 6-17. There is no doubt that this year will be another record-breaking year to showcase the disastrous effects of climate change. We’ve already seen the hurricanes and storms that affected the United States and the droughts and heat waves that plagued many other countries, as well as the floods that took their toll in Asia and South America. We must remember that our oceans absorb almost 90 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and are dying because of pollution. Already gyres have sprouted in all our oceans and seas. This is our last bastion of nature and it is being destroyed.

Claparols, A. M. (2017, November 27). COP23 and the World's Oceans. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A18.