Jeremy Jackson: How we wrecked the ocean

http://www.ted.com 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.

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[Th3Wab3]

the worlds problems have nothing to do with world leaders it has everything to do with modern societies... if you wanna go to the grocery store and buy food brought in buy nonrenewable means, golf 18 holes on our water wasting course, watch gas wasting nascar races, drive SUVs, drink our starbucks etc we are the source of the dilemmas. the leaders aren't the ones working in these nature killing blue collar jobs. we are because we worship money and place a monetary value on everything!

[T8R]

Giant netsack at 9:44

[soldierofvanity]

you see two things first of all and most important "its in black and white" and the second one was the funny one he says thats also showing it :D no disrespect aaah, no we will set up a leaf based series of various patterns on the back of all worlds beaches and start a series of pools to breed fish for all kinds of fish and we shall save the ocean this way, project start in two weeks. you may find us to contact me and ask info to contact others because some people think putting link here is spam

[SMZZ2107]

The topics being spoken about here are so much more terrifying than the topics that are being repetitively discussed in the presidential debates right now. It's so sad that we don't see these massive environmental problems coming our way. Our world is literally being destroyed. When you talk about something in politics and you say "that would destroy the world," that's probably a hyperbole. But this stuff? It IS destroying the world, and that's almost an understatement.

[SMZZ2107]

Are we so caught up in our conceptual world that has spawned from our minds that we have lost our care and appreciation for the REAL world? The ocean, the trees, LIFE. It's so frightening to think about. It really makes you think, gossip, celebrities, politics, blah blah blah..It's all so fucking useless...goddammit, the world is dying ;(

[BillofRightsBrutus]

@wobinidan No shit. The destruction of evolution from the bottom up; quite an accomplishment. Humans are smart like that.

[sherlock8898]

@Blackliam Wrong. We can change and I have seen it happen. We can and will make the earth a batter place.

[sherlock8898]

@CraigusMalaigus Wrong. We may have made mistakes. But Mankind has begun to change for the better. We can and will change the world for the better.

[sherlock8898]

@shreddingNBD We are not. I have begun to see mankind change for the better. We can and will make the world a better place.

[sherlock8898]

@jacobleb420 Wrong. We have begun to change. Many people I know have watched this and have begun to help make the world a better place. We can and we will.