Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of a new story map, "Oceanic Blue Carbon - How Marine Life Can Help to Mitigate Climate Change", by UN Environment/GRID-Arendal. Oceanic blue carbon refers to the various ways that marine life can capture and store carbon. Recognizing the role that marine life plays in the carbon cycle is a potentially innovative and important strategy for combating climate change. Several of these mechanisms refer to ways in which marine mammals contribute towards carbon storage and sequestration through their feeding and movement patterns. The story map features a new video by cartoonist Jim Toomey - of Sherman's Lagoon fame - in addition to an infographic and maps that present the latest scientific data on oceanic blue carbon. The story map is available here: url.grida.no/oceanicbc kind regards, Heidi Heidi Pearson, Ph.D. Fulbright Scholar UN Environment/GRID-Arendal Arendal, Norway Associate Professor of Marine Biology Department of Natural Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast & College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks https://online.uas.alaska.edu/online/portfolio/HCPEARSON