Dr Earle issues call to action
Posted on 13 January 2012
Friend of the ocean, and friend of the America's Cup, Dr. Sylvia Earle, has an op-ed piece in today's San Francisco Chronicle.
Here is an excerpt...
Time to take action to save our oceans
Friday, January 13, 2012
As an ocean scientist and explorer with thousands of hours on, around and especially under the sea, I have personally witnessed a time of unprecedented discovery - and unprecedented loss.
Half a century ago, it seemed the ocean was too vast, too resilient to be affected by our actions. Now we know: Coral reefs, kelp forests, coastal marshes, numerous kinds of fish and other ocean wildlife have declined sharply owing to pressures we have applied. Dead zones have appeared. Oxygen-producing plankton is declining.
The ocean is in trouble - and that means we are in trouble, too...
Read the full text of the story here.
And visit the Mission Blue - Sylvia Earle Alliance website here.