How Acidification, Overfishing and Plastics Threaten the World’s Oceans

June 8 is World Oceans Day. It’s a fitting time to contemplate humanity’s evolving relationship with the source of all life. For much of human history, we’ve affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we’ve taken out of the seas. The challenge as we encounter warming temperatures and increasing industrial activity will be to manage what we put into them.

Written with Contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Research Scientist Scott Wallace.