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Sylvia, can you hear me? -- Yes, I can hear you.
Okay, Great. Okay, this question is for you, Sylvia.
For everyone who’s out there who actually doesn’t live by the ocean and doesn’t get to see it everyday,
why is the ocean so important to us all?
Well if you like to breathe…
Well if you like to breathe… you’ll care about the ocean.
You may never see the ocean, never touch the ocean, but the ocean touches you everyday,
because without the ocean, there is no life on earth.
Life requires water and most of it is out there in the sea, 97% percent.
It isn't just the water, although that’s basic. It’s the life in the water that
has made earth hospitable for humans.
It really makes our lives possible.
Never before have we had the knowledge, and therefore the power to take care of the systems that take care of us.
30 years from now or even 10 years from now, we will miss the chance available to us right this moment.
90% of the sharks are gone.
Half of the coral reefs are either in trouble or they, too, are gone.
We can see around us signs of trouble...
But there is also plenty of reason for hope! We have a chance, on our watch, to do what it takes
to understand the coral reefs, the deep sea, the natural world, generally, and make peace
with nature, our best hope for making peace for ourselves. A place for ourselves, to be enduring.
It’s hard.
When I came on the planet long ago… well, not so long ago,
there were two billion people...
...Now there’s seven.
Ten are expected by the middle of this century.
The big question is, "Can we sustain ourselves within the systems that keep us alive?"
Without water, without food, without the animals within the natural
systems that makes our lives possible?
Now we know.
So, I’m an optimist, also a realist.
Really, we have a chance. Really, this is the time. So, why should you care about the ocean?
You should care about the ocean as if our lives depend on it.
Because they do.