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The Homo economicus cannot deal with poverty in the midst of plenty, cannot deal with the problem of the common goods of the atmosphere, of the
oceans.
With settlements on every continent, we can be found in the most isolated corners of Earth’s jungles, oceans, and tundras.
Because how these two capitals shape their future and the future of the United States and the future of China doesn't just affect those two countries, it affects all of us in ways, perhaps, we've never thought of: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the fish we eat, the quality of our oceans, the languages we speak in the future, the jobs we have, the political systems we choose, and, of course, the great questions of war and peace.
So in my search to break up this monotony, I realized something: There's only about a third of the Earth's
oceans
that are warm, and it's really just that thin band around the equator.
So it was exciting for me to be part of the navigation of the
oceans
of the sky, and as I developed different types of satellite communication systems, the main thing I did was to launch bigger and more powerful satellites, the consequence of which was that the receiving antennas could be smaller and smaller, and after going through direct television broadcasting, I had the idea that if we could make a more powerful satellite, the receiving dish could be so small that it would just be a section of a parabolic dish, a flat little plate embedded into the roof of an automobile, and it would be possible to have nationwide satellite radio, and that's Sirius XM today.
Every year, we spend billions of dollars, keeping a fleet of nuclear submarines permanently patrolling the
oceans
to protect us from a threat that almost certainly will never happen.
It lives in our
oceans
and in freshwater ponds.
Because we are creatures living on the surface, our perception of the inner side of the planet is in some ways skewed, as is that of the depth of the
oceans
or of the upper atmosphere.
And so it's sad to say, but today more than 80 percent of the
oceans
have plastic in them.
They nest on the most remote islands in the
oceans
of the world, and this is what it looks like.
It's no coincidence that three quarters of the surface is covered by
oceans.
For example, Mars is smaller than Earth, and so has less gravity, and that's one important reason that Mars has a very thin atmosphere, and no
oceans
at its surface.
Too close, and the surface temperature will exceed the boiling point of water, and
oceans
will turn to vapor.
Too far, and the surface temperature will fall below the freezing point of water, causing the
oceans
to turn to ice.
These subterranean microbes don't need
oceans
or sunshine.
We have taken the fish out of the
oceans
and we have added in fertilizer, sewage, diseases, oil, pollution, sediments.
This is the way we've been fishing the
oceans
over the last 50 years.
And essentially, the
oceans
are breathing through the Southern Ocean.
Each of these five, while generally referred to as
oceans
in and of themselves, are really and truly a part of a single, massive body of water, one ocean, which defines the very face of planet Earth.
Because as we all know, our reefs are dying, and our
oceans
are in trouble.
What I really hope is that people are beginning to understand that when we think of the environment and the destruction of nature, that we need to start thinking about our oceans, too.
I think we all share a fear that we don't protect our
oceans
enough.
And one way of thinking about this is that we don't regard our
oceans
as sacred, and we should.
Yet every day we dredge, pollute and overfish our
oceans.
We want to team up with other inventors, creators, philanthropists, educators, biologists, to see better futures for our
oceans.
Our
oceans
are sacred.
At this distance, shown in blue on this diagram for stars of different temperatures, planets could be warm enough for water to flow on their surfaces as lakes and
oceans
where life might reside.
Our water planet is not just rivers, lakes and oceans, but it's this vast network of groundwater that knits us all together.
It's now a self-swimming autonomous robot, artificially intelligent, and its ultimate goal is to go to Jupiter's moon Europa and explore
oceans
beneath the frozen surface of that body.
And it's my hope that with illuminated minds, we could ponder the overarching interconnectedness of all life, and fathom how much more lies in store if we keep our
oceans
healthy.
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