Green Oceans: the real climate change

In 1964, the IWC (International Whaling Commission) introduced measures to restrict whale hunting. The reason for this restriction was that whales are a keystone species in the marine ecosystem. They play a crucial role in fertilizing the ocean. Whale waste, or fecal plumes, is nutrient rich and floats in the water, allowing phytoplankton to thrive. Phytoplankton uses these nutrients and sunlight to grow. As primary producers, phytoplankton form the foundation of the marine food web, feeding smaller sea creatures. When smaller sea creatures thrive, larger ones do as well. Essentially, an increase in phytoplankton leads to greater marine biodiversity.

By 1986, commercial whaling had stopped globally, with only Japan, Norway, and Iceland continuing the practice under special conditions and limited quotas. Since then, populations of minke whales, blue whales, and humpback whales have been growing at a rate of 5% to 8% annually. This surge in whale populations has contributed to an increasingly green ocean. The green color is due to phytoplankton blooms, as phytoplankton contain chlorophyll, which they use to capture sunlight for photosynthesis. According to NASA and satellite images tracking ocean color, the ocean has grown 56% greener, the trend has been observed and documented since 1997.

From 1997 to 1998, a climate phenomenon called the El Niño event was one of the strongest and most impactful on record. El Niño is an observable phenomenon that disrupts weather patterns worldwide, increasing rainfall in some areas while causing droughts in others. It also creates extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes and tornadoes. El Niño is caused by warmer waters and atmospheric heating in the Pacific Ocean, with the primary source of this heating being the sun. Additionally, El Niño can trigger atmospheric changes far beyond the Pacific, causing teleconnections that influence weather patterns from North Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean.

As of 2025, humans occupy about 3% of the Earth's land and have modified approximately 15% of the landmass. The oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface. The ocean serves as the planet's climate engine, redistributing heat, driving weather patterns, and acting as a major carbon sink. Given its vast coverage, it is safe to say that the ocean is a dominant factor in climate regulation and has an outsized impact on climate change.

The official Climate change narrative is a false flag; the climate has always been in a state of change, with seasons being a natural part of its cycles. However, what we want to avoid are disruptive patterns like El Niño, which lead to more extreme and unpredictable weather. The root cause of such adverse weather is an increasingly green ocean.

A thought experiment can illustrate why a green ocean is the root cause. Sunlight entering our atmosphere is reduced in blue light due to Rayleigh scattering, which gives the sky its blue color. If you place a green surface under a light source that has been reduced in blue light and compare it to a blue surface under the same conditions, the green surface will absorb more heat, warming both the surface and the atmosphere more quickly and to a greater extent.

Absorption is key to heating, when light is absorbed, it is converted into heat. The wavelength of blue light carries more energy than that of green light. Even though sunlight is scattered, light still reaches the Earth's surface. Green surfaces reflect green light and absorb other wavelengths, while blue surfaces reflect blue light and absorb other wavelengths. Under the sun, green surfaces tend to absorb more total light energy compared to blue. A greener ocean leads to warmer ocean temperatures and a warmer atmosphere. This suggest a blue ocean is a healthier ocean.

If this has been observed and known since 1998, it begs the question: why hasn’t humanity solved the problem? It comes down to the same old disposition of man. Greed and its unintended consequences. The entire food industry, from agriculture to seafood, is dominated by a small number of large corporations.

Allowing whale populations to grow unchecked to ensure an abundance of seafood is just one factor contributing to the problem. Other factors include agricultural runoff, the dumping of human sewage into the oceans, and climate feedback loops, such as desert dust being blown into the ocean. These processes fuel phytoplankton blooms, making the ocean greener.

Greener doesn’t always mean better. Extreme weather conditions have a direct impact on crop growth, livestock, and infrastructure. The increase in extreme weather events has caused widespread damage globally.

China currently dominates the seafood industry as the world's leading producer and exporter. We have to make our oceans blue again through methods such as controlled whale hunting, preventing China from dumping human waste into the ocean, and stopping agricultural runoff. Otherwise, a greener ocean could ultimately become a death sentence for humanity.