Overfishing. Pollution. Coastal development.
72% of Earth is ocean, and over 50% of the oxygen we breathe comes from it.
The oceans affect our climate, transportation and shipping, tourism, seafood production, and agriculture.
We need the oceans to survive, and we have grown to the point that we can actually be destructive.
We have decimated the populations of 90% of big fish and destroyed countless ecosystems in the process.
30% of coral reefs are expected to be endangered by 2050.
The acidity of the ocean has risen by 30% since the beginning of the 18th century... and that growth is expected to quintuple by the end of the 21st century.
Oxygen production by microscopic plants in the oceans has been decreasing by about 1% each year.
This isn't just about the sea turtles or whales. This is about our survival.