What We Once Used As Weapons Of

Eating Wildlife Is Probably Not The Smartest Thing That We Can Do In Terms Of Maintaining The Integrity Of Natural Systems.

When You Think About The Real Cost Of So-called Cheap Energy That Has Driven Our Prosperity To Unprecedented Levels, For Some Of Us, To Our Horror, We've Realized That This Has The Potential For Burning Brightly And Then Snuffing Out.

If The Sea Is Sick, We'll Feel It. If It Dies, We Die. Our Future And The State Of The Oceans Are One.

Photosynthetic Organisms In The Sea Yield Most Of The Oxygen In The Atmosphere, Take Up And Store Vast Amounts Of Carbon Dioxide, Shape Planetary Chemistry, And Hold The Planet Steady.

Ten Percent Of The Big Fish Still Remain. There Are Still Some Blue Whales. There Are Still Some Krill In Antarctica. There Are A Few Oysters In Chesapeake Bay. Half The Coral Reefs Are Still In Pretty Good Shape, A Jeweled Belt Around The Middle Of The Planet. There's Still Time, But Not A Lot, To Turn Things Around.