Our Oceans Need Us

Our Oceans Need Us

Since starting OMG, Olivia and Carter have been doing what they could to raise awareness to the issue of Ocean Acidification, Over Fishing and Plastic Pollution in our seas.

SPEAK UP FOR OUR OCEANS

SPEAK UP FOR OUR OCEANS

The impacts of ocean acidification are already impairing waters off the West Coast of the United States; scientists have found corrosive waters all along the coast, from Canada to Mexico. Wild oysters in Washington have failed to reproduce for the past six years, due in large part to acidification. A survey found Puget Sound’s waters are in particular trouble.

“Marine Life Facing Mass Extinction, report says” (IPSO) Report

“Marine Life Facing Mass Extinction, report says” (IPSO) Report

Marine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of “major extinctions” according to a panel of experts.

Support H.R. 14 Federal Ocean Acidification Act

The ocean absorbs about a quarter of all carbon dioxide emissions, which has caused the acidity of the water to rise by 30 percent over the last 250 years. Without intervention, the acidity of the ocean is expected to more than double by 2100.