Protect Our Oceans before it is too late

The ocean covers 71% of the Earth and contains 97% of the world's water. 15 percent of the world’s high quality protein comes from the ocean and is often the only source of protein for 1 billion people. Not only do the ocean’s provide the world with food resources but the oceans are also responsible for controlling the world’s climate. As the ocean’s heat up, so does the rest of the world. The ocean's major gyres, which are circulating ocean currents, take warm water from the equator and cold water from the poles and circulate around the world. So climate change is a result of the world’s oceans heating up. The oceans are heating up from carbon emissions due to the fact that it is the world’s largest carbon sink. When carbon dioxide goes into the ocean, it dissolves by combining with H2O and making a carbonic acid. This acid then breaks into hydrogen ions (H+) and bicarbonate ions (HCO3-). This causes competition for the making of calcium carbonate ions as the carbonate i...