Monday is World Oceans Day. It's a good time to remember our past -- and our futureSince 1992, June 8 has been celebrated as World Oceans Day. But this is the first year it has been officially recognized by the United Nations.
Is it better late than never? The jury is still out on that. But the rate of deterioration in marine ecosystems is rapid and alarming. Fish stocks are plummeting. Coral reefs are dying. The ocean is acidifying. Marine garbage is accumulating.
So tomorrow, think about the sea. After all, it's where we came from.
GET INVOLVED
- Find a World Ocean's Day event near you
- Visit Planet Green to get involved in World Oceans Day
- Sign the International Declaration of Reef Rights
- Sign an Oceana petition urging Congress to reinstate the pre-existing moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (U.S. citizens)
- Visit the Global Reef Expedition
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Philip Renaud, Executive Director, Living Oceans Foundation
- The End of An Odyssey Draws Near
- A Six-Step Plan to Save the Oceans from An Extinction Crisis
- Heritage Lost
- Ghosts in the Water
- Massive Pile of Garbage Grows in Pacific
- Photographing the Coral Triangle
- Enter the Dead Zone
- Oceanic Acid Trip
- Google Earth Goes Deep
- Indonesia Creates Asian Reef Conservation Group
- Hundreds of Species Discovered on Great Barrier Reef
- One-Third of Coral Reefs Face Extinction
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