On World Ocean(s) Day let’s remember that there is only one ocean on our world. All the water flows through one connected system and this was illustrated to me when I was on an expedition in Greenland. Oceanographers were finding chemical fallout from nuclear tests carried out in Russia in the early 1960s. It had rained down into the rivers of Siberia, flowed into and across the Arctic Ocean and moved slowly down into the North Atlantic. This water was not an environmental hazard by the time it reached us, but it was an extraordinary illustration of the interconnectedness of ocean and atmosphere. This deep water current would continue crawling down the Atlantic before curling around South America and flowing into the Pacific. From there, it would move north, rising to the surface again years later in the North Pacific where it might be pulled up into the clouds and once again become rain.
One world ocean – why we need to think globally and act locally - Whale and Dolphin Conservation
One world ocean – why we need to think globally and act locally - Whale and Dolphin Conservation