Say Hello to the Ocean
Imagine something that could make fresh water, create the world’s most delicious food, generate sweet, fresh air and provide millions of jobs.
Photography Ben Thouard
The ocean is our respite, and it gives us life. Every second breath you take is made by the ocean. It regulates climate and stores carbon. The ocean makes the clouds that make the rain and snow to give us fresh water. Around the world, over a billion people rely on the ocean for daily protein. The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, and yet less than 4% is under protection. Today there are 500 dead zones – places where no life exists in the ocean – totalling the size of the UK. More than 90% of the ocean’s top predators are gone, 60% of fish stocks have collapsed and half the coral reefs are gone. The ocean is making less oxygen than it used to. This should concern everyone. No ocean, no life. It’s time to show the ocean some love.
The problem is that few people know that the ocean is under attack, and equally bad, ocean conservation is critically underfunded. Only 3% of the world’s charitable giving goes to the environment, and a mere 6% of that goes to the ocean. The hard truth is that the ocean needs more champions.
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