"Why clean the bird-bath? They're so dumb, they shit in their own water."
Well well, looks like we need to look at ourselves. We are doing our level best to trash all the oceans in record time... Here have a few reads.
Plastic pollution in oceans growing dramatically, WWF warns
Extreme heat and plastic pollution push oceans to brink
Research reveals 45,000 marine species are at risk due to climate change, pollution
How chemical pollution is suffocating the sea
You get the idea. We are treating the oceans as a giant waste-water treatment facility. The only problem is we are overloading it. What happens when oceans can no longer support life, cannot absorb all the extra carbon we are adding and the great currents stop or change course? I think it is safe to say nothing good. Sooner or later, there will be a cost. How bad does it have to get for us to take action? Ocean pollution is related to climate change, another problem we try to wish away. The longer we put off real solutions, the worse the suffering will be. Pretty simple.
The good news is it's not too late to make better decisions on our own behalf as well as life on earth.
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