Life on Earth depends upon the oceans
Throw the earth a Life Line because we have less than 10 years to eliminate pollution, and prevent a cascade failure of the marine ecosystem
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THE BAD NEWS
NASA’s satellite imaging states that the mass of phytoplankton plants has been reducing by 1% year on year over the last 20 years. Research by Dalhousie University, published in NATURE, confirms a reduction of more than 40% from 1950's (Up to 2012).
Plankton provide up to 90% of our oxygen and remove the majority of our carbon dioxide. They account for 90% of all biological productivity on the planet. Every year, roughly 1% of all life on Earth dies.
We will have lost 80%-90% of all plankton by 2045, and the oceans will become more acidic, with a pH of 7.95. We will then lose all remaining whales, seals, birds, and fish, as well as a food supply for 2 billion people. Life on Earth will change; indeed, life on Earth may become impossible.
We cannot survive without healthy oceans, and common sense tells us that we must stop poisoning them with toxic chemicals and plastic. We would not have had elevated CO2 and climate change if we had not killed more than half of the plankton with toxic chemicals since the 1950s chemical revolution.
Life on earth will be impossible if we destroy the plankton, and this will happen by 2045 unless we stop the pollution


It is a grim road towards catastrophic ocean system breakdown by 2045...
Because all pollution eventually ends up in the oceans.
sunscreen, pharmaceuticals, care tyres, plastic, herbicides, pesticides, PCBs, PBDE
When it comes to our planet's deteriorating health, the dominant focus has been on rising carbon dioxide levels caused by the use of fossil fuels. We must reduce carbon emissions while also eliminating toxic chemical pollution. The oceans are the planet's lungs, but since the 1950s and the production of herbicides and pesticides, the oceans have been suffocating under a toxic chemical cocktail. Every type of household cleaner and personal care product contains marine toxic chemicals. Thousands of different toxic chemicals are now being manufactured around the world, killing plankton and impeding their ability to produce oxygen and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
If we had not poisoned the oceans, we could have prevented climate change.
It is impossible to overestimate the importance of marine plankton in the maintenance and now precarious balance of life on Earth. We can all see the loss of phytoplankton, the decrease in oxygen production, and the well-documented CO2 increase. Our oceans are already becoming more acidic, and climate change is accelerating much faster than predicted. Oils and surfactants produced by marine plankton form the SML surface micro layer, which regulates water evaporation. The primary GHG is water vapour in the atmosphere, which accounts for 70% of all GHGs greenhouse gases. CO2 is a minor gas.
We must restore our oceans.
It's not just about saving whales and dolphins; we can't live if we continue to poison them. If we do not address this, they will become too acidic, resulting in a cascade failure of the global ecosystem. Life on Earth will become impossible unless you have an oxygen tank strapped to your back! We will reach this tipping point within the next 25 years if current rates of decline continue. Unless we act now, it will happen quickly and irreversibly, resulting in runaway climate change and mass starvation on a global scale.
THE GOOD NEWS
If we consider all terrestrial life on land, it takes approximately 60 years to double in mass and lock out carbon. The majority of terrestrial ecology is in balance; for example, when a tree grows, it removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but when it dies, it releases the same amount of carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. As a result, mature forests like the Amazon are carbon neutral, unless they are cut down and burned, in which case they add about 10% to the world's carbon budget.
Only out-of-balance ecosystems, such as marshlands, wetlands, peat bogs, and mangrove swamps, sequester carbon. All terrestrial carbon sequestration occurs in these environments.
The deep ocean is by far the largest carbon bank on the planet. When marine life dies, it falls into the abyss and is trapped for thousands of years. The good news is that most marine life is less than 1mm in size and has a doubling time of only three days.
If we remove the toxic brakes on marine life, the oceanic ecosystems and all marine life will recover quickly.
Universal sea change necessitates global participation. AND it's simple for you to assist. Whether you're in a position of power, sailing the seas, or simply want to change a few bad purchasing habits and help protect the world you live in, it's time to make a change — go non-toxic!
yacht COPEPOD flying the flag for the Oceans

