Climate change poses a serious risk to the world’s oceans. Ecosystems are damaged and altering the physical nature of the ocean: its circulation, temperature, chemistry and color. Divers can help thwart climate change through their actions.
Often caught accidentally when fishing for tuna or marlin, mako shark populations are in serious trouble. But, demand for their prized fins and meat continue to drive commercial fishers to retain and kill them.
Orca populations have been on the decline for decades,. We have to address the challenges to their survival to preserve these magnificent animals.
With the stress of today’s 7.8 billion people on Earth expanding to a projected 8.5 billion in 2030, we need to make changes. To have an ocean capable of healthfully and prosperously supporting a growing population, it’s necessary to have sustainable development with circular and recycling economies that will eliminate wasted byproducts of production and impacts on the air and ocean. The U.N. General Assembly declared 2021-2030 as the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development to provide “the science we need for the ocean we want.”
