This speaks about our oceans which are imperative. No ocean, no us, but all bodies of water need to be protected. #worldwaterdayeveryday #greenwithtiffany #liquidgold #choosetocare #Repost @seashepherdadelaide ・・・ From providing millions with food, energy and mineral resources and recreation opportunities, to holding both clues to the past and the potential for the future, the ocean affects every human life every single day. In turn our actions, from the overuse of resources and pollution to protection and conservation, directly affect the ocean. We are all connected to the ocean. * Oceans cover 70% of the Earth's surface � and contain 97% of the Earth's water. * Oceans hold around 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere. * 60 - 80% of all the oxygen we breathe is produced in the ocean. * If all the world's ice melted, the oceans would rise about 66 metres * Humans remove more fish from the oceans than their populations can reproduce. * Chemical contaminants not native to the oceans, are being found in dangerously high concentrations in marine life. * We throw 8 million metric tons of plastic rubbish in the oceans every year (and increasing). * A plastic bottle can take 450 years to break down to the size of a grain of sand, with plastic bottles from the 1970’s being found intact on the ocean floor 2-3 km below the surface. The collapse of ocean bio-diversity and the catastrophic collapse of phytoplankton and zooplankton populations in the sea will cause the collapse of civilization, and most likely the extinction of the human species. #seashepherd #worldwaterday #water #conservation #opnemesis #opsolastella #opalbacore #opjeedara