We cannot survive without our oceans. We must act to save them - now

Nov 9, 2016

A man and a girl paddle in the Pacific Ocean at sunset in Santa Monica, California February 5, 2015.

Without healthy oceans, our life on Earth would be severely challenged, unpleasant and perhaps impossible Image: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Gregory Stone

Executive Vice President, Chief Scientist for Oceans, Conservation International

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The first image taken by humans of the whole Earth. Photographed by the crew of Apollo 8 (probably by Bill Anders) the photo shows the Earth at a distance of about 30,000 km. Image: U.S. govt. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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