Here’s a sobering presentation from the Jeremy Jackson (“Dr Doom”) titled “How We Wrecked the Ocean”. Like him or not, Jackson is a compelling speaker with a powerful message:
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.
Jeremy Jackson is the Ritter Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Painting pictures of changing marine environments, particularly coral reefs and the Isthmus of Panama, Jackson’s research captures the extreme environmental decline of the oceans that has accelerated in the past 200 years.
Jackson’s current work focuses on the future of the world’s oceans, given overfishing, habitat destruction and ocean warming, which have fundamentally changed marine ecosystems and led to “the rise of slime.” Although Jackson’s work describes grim circumstances, even garnering him the nickname Dr. Doom, he believes that successful management and conservation strategies can renew the ocean’s health.
[...] are a cause for concern. Some consider the increasing number of jellies as evidence of the “rise of slime“; the dumbing down of complex ocean food webs into simplistic ecosystems full of microbes, [...]
[...] are a cause for concern. Some consider the increasing number of jellies as evidence of the “rise of slime“; the dumbing down of complex ocean food webs into simplistic ecosystems full of microbes, algal [...]
[...] are a cause for concern. Some consider the increasing number of jellies as evidence of the “rise of slime“; the dumbing down of complex ocean food webs into simplistic ecosystems full of microbes, [...]