World Oceans Day

OK, I'm a day late posting this, but the oceans need our help as much today as they did yesterday.  We're not doing enough. We're not doing enough to stop pollution or overfishing or climate change or acidification (reduction in the ocean's pH due to absorption of carbon dioxide from the air), which scares me even more than temperature changes: many marine animals have evolved to live only within a narrow range of pH values. 
This is where our lives began, and it 's where our species' existence will end  if we don't act faster. So make sure your seafood is sustainable, cut your plastic use, support marine protected areas and marine research... the list is endless, but start somewhere.  

"Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around." - Dr. Sylvia Earle