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Humanity can count on the ocean, but can the ocean count on us? Today and every day, let’s put the ocean first
- António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
The ocean sustains us
The ocean feeds us
Regulates our climate
Creates more than half the oxygen we breathe
Carries our goods, inspires our medicines, shapes our technologies
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It has sustained us for millions of years
without asking us to listen closer, until now
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Voices from the ocean
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I am vast, patient and resilient,
but not infinite
- The ocean
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I survived near extinction once
I help keep the Earth cool, absorb carbon
and inspire many innovations
- Whales
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I can build entire cities, a home for millions of creatures that help the sea and Earth
- Coral
Warmer ocean water is killing me faster than I can build
The ocean is closer than you think -and your impact on it is too
When you grab a sandwich wrapped in plastic, some of that packaging will outlive you in the ocean
When you blast the AC on a hot day, the ocean absorbs the heat that energy puts into the atmosphere
When you throw away food, the fuel burned to catch, grow, or ship it already affected the ocean
When you wait in the drive-through with the car running, the ocean is absorbing the fumes your exhaust leaves behind
When you eat cheap fish or canned tuna, dolphins, turtles and sharks were caught in the same nets and killed
To care for the ocean
is to care for ourselves
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