Many of the effects of climate disruption are already being felt. One particularly tough place is the ocean. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the seas have absorbed more than 90 percent of the heat energy trapped by greenhouse gases since the beginning of the industrial age. And just as with IPCC scientists, marine scientists are overcome with sadness and despair as their work suffers from the climate crisis.

Bob Berwyn, a reporter for Inside Climate News, has been on the ocean waves for more than a decade and has observed this ecological sadness throughout his reporting. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.  (Interview with Aynsley O'Neill, more at insideclimatenews.org)