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The significance of the annual World Ocean Day
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6/7/2024
Every year on June 8 since 1992, World Ocean Day increases awareness of the importance of Earth's oceans, which make up 70 percent of the planet's entire surface.
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World Ocean Day every year since 1992.
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June 8th has been devoted to protecting what covers
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70 percent of our oceans.
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Dr. Lisa Hoops is Senior Director of
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Research and Conservation for the Georgia Aquarium,
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the largest aquarium in the US.
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Dr. Hoops, what is the significance of World Ocean Day?
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What's the origin and what's the mission?
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Well, good morning and thanks for having me.
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I'm here to talk about something that's
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near and dear to my own heart.
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So thank you.
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As you just mentioned, the oceans
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cover more than 70 percent of the surface of our planet.
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They're really vital to regulating
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our weather and our climate, providing the air we breathe,
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and they're a key part of our water cycle.
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Oceans provide jobs, livelihoods.
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They help feed us.
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So we really need a healthy ocean in order
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to survive on planet Earth.
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World Ocean Day really celebrates our planet's oceans
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and catalyzes collective action toward a healthy ocean.
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So we're really here to spread the word
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and bring as many people along with us on this journey.
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Well, what dangers and threats are oceans facing
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and what can we do to protect the oceans?
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Yeah, we've got quite a few challenges ahead of us
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when we think about how we get to and maintain healthy oceans.
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We're battling things like climate change and overfishing,
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pollution, ocean noise, vessel strikes, ecosystem loss,
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oil spills.
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So those really feel like big challenges
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that we need to work toward and get better at managing.
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And how do you all at the Georgia Aquarium
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simulate ocean environments and educate those who visit?
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Well, thank you.
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I think Georgia Aquarium is really
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a place that captures the hearts and minds of our guests.
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We hope to inspire them to make small changes
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in their everyday life that can really
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have a big impact on our oceans and the animals that
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inhabit them.
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We do this by sharing some messages of hope
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and sharing some of the research and conservation
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efforts that we're involved in that we really
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hope inspire our guests to make small actions
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in their own lives that can help protect our oceans.
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