Oceans
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And the
oceans
are so productive, there's so much going on in there that's of relevance to humans that we really need to, even from a selfish perspective, try to do better than we have in the past.
When we look at pictures like this, they take our breath away, in addition to helping to give us breath by the oxygen that the
oceans
provide.
So whether you're a yak herder living in the mountains of Chile, whether you're a stockbroker in New York City or whether you're a TEDster living in Edinburgh, the
oceans
matter.
And as the
oceans
go so shall we.
Imagine what you'll tell your children when they ask you, "So, in 2012, Mom and Dad, what was it like when you'd had the hottest decade on record for the third decade in a row, when every scientific body in the world was saying you've got a major problem, when the
oceans
were acidifying, when oil and food prices were spiking, when they were rioting in the streets of London and occupying Wall Street?
So what I want to do today is show you some things about this planet, about the
oceans.
So here's the bottom line: The
oceans
are unexplored and I can't begin to tell you how important that is, because they're important to us.
Seven billion people live on this planet and all of us are impacted by the sea, because the
oceans
control the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat.
We've doubled the flows of nitrogen and phosphorus around the world simply by using fertilizers, causing huge problems of water quality from rivers, lakes, and even oceans, and it's also the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss.
It happens around the globe every day, sweeping through the world's
oceans
in a massive living wave as twilight zone inhabitants travel hundreds of meters to surface waters to feed at night and return to the relative safety of deeper, darker waters during the day.
My goal is that after this short journey, you'll share my amazement at how deeply connected our lives are to these microscopic creatures and also perhaps my concern that these relationships are often neglected when it comes to making decisions and policies about our
oceans.
It's called, "Prochlorococcus," and this is
oceans'
oxygen-producing powerhouse and, I might argue, one of the most amazing discoveries of recent marine microbiology.
In doing so, we can learn how they respond to our actions and our behaviors and the environment around them in ways that will help us better manage our
oceans.
I hope you've enjoyed this short journey into our microbial
oceans
and that the next time you look out at the sea, you'll take in a deep breath of fresh ocean air and wonder: What else are all of the unseen microbes doing to keep us and our
oceans
healthy?
I think there's a sense that many of us have that the great age of exploration on Earth is over, that for the next generation they're going to have to go to outer space or the deepest
oceans
in order to find something significant to explore.
Not only will it get hotter, but at some point it's going to get so hot the
oceans
will evaporate.
Now here, our entire
oceans
are evaporating off the surface, and as it keeps getting hotter, at some point the entire planet is going to melt down.
Our hope is that we can use open hardware technology to better understand and protect our
oceans.
We cause climate breakdown, we acidify the oceans, a hole in the ozone layer, pushing ourselves beyond the planetary boundaries of the life-supporting systems that have for the last 11,000 years made earth such a benevolent home to humanity.
It's like put out in the two
oceans
and it's pulling the whole country apart, pulling left and right into their own territories like the Bloods and the Crips.
What if they come to, you know, suck up our
oceans
for the hydrogen?
They said, we've been looking at the
oceans
for a long time now, and we want to tell you they're not in trouble, they're near collapse.
People cross
oceans
to go see them.
If you wanted to get into the right ballpark, you'd have to imagine every grain of sand on every beach, under all the
oceans
and lakes, and then shrink them all so they fit in here.
And the Dead Sea is obviously much lower than the
oceans
and seas around it.
Whales in the southern
oceans
have similarly wide-ranging effects.
Scientists use ROVs to explore the
oceans.
We traveled through five seas, two oceans, nine ports, and I learned a lot about shipping.
But maybe on that day we also find that the Greenland ice sheet is really melting unacceptably fast, fast enough to put meters of sea level on the
oceans
in the next 100 years, and remove some of the biggest cities from the map.
And part of building that bridge to the future, to the point where we can actually see the
oceans
in a rational way, or put up these geo-spatial orbits that will twirl or do microwaves or stuff, is going to depend on how we understand bioenergy and manage it.
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