The World’s Oceans Are at a Breaking Point

From Newsweek

This week, countries will gather in Colombia for the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. They do so at a moment of urgency: Our oceans are at a breaking point. The ecosystems that produce half of the oxygen we breathe, and much of the planet’s protein, have been pushed to the edge of destruction by rapidly changing climate, overfishing, pollution, and habitat loss—resulting in a precipitous decline in marine biodiversity.