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🗓️ 4 March 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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The ocean is under assault as people demand more of its resources. Now climate change is causing the greatest stress yet to ocean ecosystems. Kenneth Cukier talks to Jane Lubchenco, the first US science envoy for the ocean, about why the ocean is too big to ignore. He meets the scientists helping corals to spawn outside their natural habitat and using seaweed as a substitute for single-use plastic. Also, how can Japanese sushi chefs guarantee the origins of their fish?
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0:00.0 | If you want to talk about internet safety with your child, but don't know where to start, |
0:05.0 | Interland from Google is an online game that turns the conversation into an interactive adventure. |
0:11.0 | There's four different levels, each devoted to a different digital skill. |
0:16.0 | So your child can learn how to make smarter decisions on the internet, |
0:20.0 | helping you find a healthier balance for your family online. |
0:24.0 | Search, play Interland and start learning together. |
0:30.0 | It's one of the most recognizable sounds to human ears. |
0:42.0 | Covering three-quarters of the Earth's surface, oceans are one of the world's great natural kingdoms. |
0:51.0 | They have provided sustenance for humanity for millions of years. |
0:57.0 | Fish consumption has even played a role in human evolution. |
1:02.0 | Researchers have shown that it significantly increased early human cognition. |
1:07.0 | It really is brain food. |
1:09.0 | The oceans have also provided great wealth for millennia, |
1:13.0 | selling, revolutionized the world economy. |
1:16.0 | It allowed ancient Egyptians and Greeks to travel and trade. |
1:20.0 | Fishing and aquaculture assure the livelihood of one in ten people today. |
1:27.0 | But the world's oceans are in trouble. |
1:30.0 | The ocean is under assault from so many different quarters. |
1:33.0 | It's hard to know where to begin. |
1:35.0 | When we look at the IPCC report time is running out, there's no two ways about that. |
1:40.0 | We have got to stem the CO2 production and stem the temperature rise that is coming. |
1:46.0 | The threats that coastal and island communities face from climate change |
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