We must act now to protect our oceans – and the stakes are high
‘IT is a curious situation that the sea, from which life first arose, should now be threatened by the activities of one form of that life.” So wrote Rachel Carson, the woman whose dire warnings about pesticides in Silent Spring spurred an entire movement of environmentalists to rise up and tackle the most harmful chemicals polluting our landscapes. But when it comes to the oceans, progress has been slow to grapple with these human threats.
