At the RE:WIRED GREEN conference today:
“I live in the Holocene. I have witnessed the coral reefs and the large fish in the ocean, and our impact on the planet in the 70’s and especially the 80’s.”
“When the astronauts come back, they are compelled to share what they have seen — the fragile Earth surrounded by unfriendly space. They are witnesses high in the sky; I go deep in the sea. It is not just salt water; it is a living soup. The seas have the greatest abundance and diversity of life on the planet. Life is a bio-geo-chemical miracle.”
“The physical scientists, and Al Gore, are missing the bio part. The ocean is alive and shapes planetary chemistry and the carbon cycle. Follow the carbon. It will take you to the ocean. It is where most C02 is captured. The largest carbon capture and oxygen-generating part of our planet is blue.”
“Most of the action is below where the sun shines. Most life is in the dark all of the time. The average depth of the ocean is the same as the Titanic wreck.”
“Earth is a living system. We are just one species with a humungous impact on all of the others.”
“Only 3% of the ocean is protected from fishing. Mostly, it’s open for business. We need to rethink the bite we are taking from the ocean and disrupting life.”
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