ted talk

For my activity I watched Sylvia Earle's TED Prize wish to protect our oceans.  She starts by explaining what she has done and learned from the oceans.  She learned to scuba dive in 1953.  She used many different techniques like submarines  to discover the ocean's floor.  The ocean is our life support system.  We are drawing out our resources faster than they can replenish themselves. This is a great problem. The only way a problem like this will get fixed is if we could see the decline with our own eyes. We must explore and protect the ocean in ways that will restore its health and give it many years to grow . Build up our fisheries again so we are not running out of fish is a good step.  In 50 years we've eaten 90 percent of the big fish in the ocean,but that's not all the problems we have.  Excess carbon dioxide is driving global warming and causing ocean acidification.  We are clogging the ocean with excess plastics.   We are killing organisms that drive our nitrogen, carbon and oxygen cycle. There must be a way to fix this. Well now we have marine reserves, but they make up only 0.8% of 1% of the ocean, it is not enough.  We must leave the oceans for its resources and let it grow again. May it be by marine reserve, harsher laws or company ethics, the oceans need to be saved and explored.

I found this Ted talk interesting and helpful. They talk about the diminishing population in our oceans due to human use, consumption and waste. I really found it sad to see the numbers related to the oceans. As an avid snorkeller I have seen and been to many different reefs and marine reserves in the pacific and Indian ocean. The difference of the fish and wildlife is incredible. What we need is more protected marine reserves in all waters all around the world. That means hot or cold, even the non resourceful waters must be protected. If we don't stop what we are doing, there will be no more fish to see, eat or admire, and that's just the beginning of it