Ice Ages Have Come And Gone. Coral

It Has Taken These Many Hundreds Of Millions Of Years To Fine-tune The Earth To A Point Where It Is Suitable For The Likes Of Us.

The Living Ocean Drives Planetary Chemistry, Governs Climate And Weather, And Otherwise Provides The Cornerstone Of The Life-support System For All Creatures On Our Planet, From Deep-sea Starfish To Desert Sagebrush. That's Why The Ocean Matters. If The Sea Is Sick, We'll Feel It. If It Dies, We Die. Our Future And The State Of The Oceans Are One.

If Darwin Could Get Into A Submarine And See What I've Seen, Thousand Of Feet Beneath The Ocean, I Am Just Confident That He Would Be Inspired To Sit Down And Start Writing All Over Again.

The Arctic Is A Place That Historically, During All Preceding Human History, Has Largely Been An Icy Realm With An Impact On Ocean Currents. That, In Turn, Influences The Temperature Of The Planet. The Arctic Is Now Vulnerable Because Of The Excess Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere, With A Rate Of Melting That Is Stunning.

We Have Become Frighteningly Effective At Altering Nature.