Part 1 of  2 Part Series: Our Oceans-Our Survival-One Earth, You Won't Want to Miss!

Guest: Dr. James J. McCarthy, Ph.D., Alexander Agassiz Professor of Biological Oceanography at Harvard University, and Past Director of Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Head Tutor for Environmental Science and Public Policy. He is the recipient of numerous awards including: the New England Aquarium’s David B. Stone Award (2005) for distinguished service to the environment and the community, and the Museum of Science’s Walker Prize, which recognizes “meritorious published scientific investigation and discovery” (2008).

His national and international accomplishments include:

Co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the board chair of the Union and Concerned Scientists, and was appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. In 2018, he was awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for his efforts.

Discussion encompasses the IPCC - International Panel on Climate Change which reports predict the path of our climate change, based on scholarly analysis by several environmental scientists. Dr. McCarthy was one of the co-authors of the report from the "First" Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of earth and climate scientists from around the globe.

Dr. McCarthy recounts his very first trip to the North Pole, to that of a few years back--to provide a detailed account of the geophysical changes he has personally witnessed, from the North Pole to Greenland and beyond to the depths of the oceans. Through decades of research, observations and discoveries, Dr. McCarthy takes you on a personal journey--recounting the changes he's recorded--spanning decades of his research which focused on phytoplankton productivity, and how it is affected by changes in climate

If you care about the planet, and care about quality of life on it--or even if question climate change, this is one program you wont want to miss!

Program Update: Since this program aired, we at The Legal Edition are deeply saddened to report that Dr. James J. McCarthy, passed away on December 11, 2019. He was a true pioneer, a genuinely kind, caring and compassionate person. His contributions in environmental discoveries, climate and oceans has made us all more aware of the environmental issues, and potential crises that lie ahead. His scholarship, his honesty, and his humanity - he will be missed, but not forgotten. Mary Kay Elloian, Host & Producer, The Legal Edition-Legal, Business & Policy News.

A quote by Former Vice President Al Gore:

“Nobody communicated the importance of the climate crisis in the context of the oceans as eloquently and passionately as Jim.”

— Al Gore, former vice president