Ocean

VR can encourage people to save our oceans. Here's why

marine life such as this sea turtle are under serious threat from worsening problems affecting the ocean, like pollution and climate change

“we live in a post-truth society … we don’t care … we have lost empathy.” - Greta Thunberg. Image: UNSPLASH/Erin Simmons

Jessica Blythe
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University
Colette Wabnitz
Research Associate, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia
Gary Pickering
Professor, Biological Sciences and Psychology, Brock University
Julia Baird
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience, Brock University
Kirsty L Nash
Research Fellow, Marine Ecology, University of Tasmania
Nathan Bennett
Research Associate, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia
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