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TED TALKS: "How We Wrecked the Ocean"

May 7, 2010 08:29 PM

Coral Reef Ecologist Jeremy Jackson exposes our Dying Oceans

This is incredible video from a TED lecture explains the current dire state of our oceans and how they directly effect our well being.

Jeremy Jackson has enlightened me to the horrible ocean destruction.

What Once Was Alive

Vibrant coral reef underwater scene with colorful fish.

Here's the description of the talk: "In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case."

Photo Credit: BaliWWW

Ocean Floor After a Trawler

Underwater scene featuring a sandy ocean floor with a jellyfish.

Jackson's explanation of what trawling does to the ocean floor is nauseating. He shows images of the death and destruction the commercial fishing industry has left literally, in its wake.

May 2010

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