海洋保护

传奇海洋学家、TED大奖得主西尔维娅·厄尔就是否应停止吃鱼给出了她的建议。她指出野生鱼类对海洋生态系统至关重要，商业捕捞方式既具破坏性又极为浪费，并分享了她对金枪鱼卷、Omega油脂及理想饮食的看法。

Yes, plastic straws are bad, but they’re just a teeny drop in the giant ocean of plastic we’re swimming in. Here are other everyday plastic objects that we could put on the discontinued list.

Each year in September, corals in the Caribbean stage a mass spawning event. Witnessing it, says marine biologist and TED Fellow Kristen Marhaver, is like swimming inside a snow globe. Here, she explains how corals beget corals — and how she and her fellow scientists are trying to help them along.

巴哈马礁希望点是世界最广阔浅水生态系统之一，每年渔业收入约1亿美元。然而来自多米尼加共和国的非法渔船正大肆掠夺当地海域资源。本文记录了一次在凯萨尔浅滩与数百艘IUU非法渔船的亲历遭遇，揭示了非法捕鱼对海洋生态与当地经济的严重威胁。

Given climate change, coral bleaching, ocean acidification and overfishing, it can be easy to feel depressed about our oceans. But when you look at the big picture of ocean health, good news emerges.

Human beings have created a whole load of problems in the oceans. Sadly, though, they usually don’t want to hear about them. Last month, a group of ocean scientists and activists brainstormed ways to make the seas sound as amazing as they are. Check out new tools, studies and discoveries that could spark positive curiosity and empathy.

In her TED Talk, Oceana’s Jackie Savitz argues that we can solve the global food crisis by sustaining our oceans.

科学家西尔维亚·厄尔用动图揭示了1950年至2014年间海洋生态的惨烈变化：半数珊瑚礁消亡，金枪鱼、鲨鱼和鳕鱼种群锐减至不足一成，海洋死区从1处激增至逾500处。相关数据来自Netflix原创纪录片《蔚蓝使命》。