... do affects your well being, and of course, this extends across the ocean, and it extends to future generations. We all know the commandment: "Thou shalt not steal." That includes not stealing the future from our children. We may continue to put unsustainable demands on the soil which builds up our profit and provides cheap food, but it might be stealing from future generations. As stewards of the earth we cannot accept an isolationist stance. This applies to our individual practices as well as our national ...
... as a result. If humans keep pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at an increasing rate, the risks to human food security and coastal communities will increase sharply, particularly since marine ecosystems are already facing threats from plastic pollution, unsustainable fishing practices and other man-made stresses. “We are an ocean world, run and regulated by a single ocean, and we are pushing that life support system to its very limits through heating, deoxygenation and acidification.” This all ...