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97% of the Earth's water is contained in the ocean.

A healthy ocean is essential for regulating the global climate system and maintaining existence of all life on Earth.

The ocean provides natural resources including food, biofuels, and medicine. It also helps buffer damage from storms at costal lines, it helps breakdown and remove pollution and waste, and act as the largest carbon sink.

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Conserve and sustainably use oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable development.

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With over 90% of excess heat being absorbed into the ocean, this has caused a rise in sea-level; therefore, affecting marine ecosystems.

In 2021, there was 17 million metric tons of plastic pollution in the ocean. This pollution amount is expected to double, if not triple, by 2040.

Algal blooms, fish kills, and dead zones are being caused by costal eutrophication - nutrient enrichment.

The ocean's pH is 30% higher, averaging at an 8.1, than it was during pre-industrial times.

Overfishing is occurring with every 1 out of 5 fish being caught from an unreported, unregulated, or illegal fishing source.

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In 2015, the Sustainable Developmental Goal (SDG) 14: Life Below Water was created to help protect the ocean and stop the destruction of marine habitats. This destruction is due to substantial pollution and overexploitation of resources from the sea. Protection of the ocean is vital because all life on Earth cannot continue to exist without this ecosystem, the largest ecosystem. Almost half of Earth's oxygen is produced from the ocean and it also has an important role in the carbon cycle. A rise in ocean pollution, acidification, and water temperature is causing concern for the future of marine life and its biodiversity. Thanks to the creation of SDG 14, the health of the ocean and its inhabitants are now being researched, along with efforts being made to help save the largest ecosystem, the ocean.

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Sea of opportunities: marine genomics in an era of global environmental change

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Overexploitation of natural resources and pollution of seas, acidification of the ocean, and rising temperatures all contribute to the destruction of marine habitats and, in 2015, the protection of the ocean became one of the UN Sustainable Development…

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14.1 - Reduced Marine Pollution by 2025

14.2 - Protect and Restore Ecosystems by 2020

14.3 - Reduce Ocean Acidification

14.4 - Sustainable Fishing by 2020

14.5 - Conserve Coastal and Marine Areas by 2020

14.6 - End Subsidies Contributing to Overfishing by 2020

14.7 - Increase the Economic Benefits from Sustainable Use of Marine Resources by 2030

14.8 - Increase Scientific Knowledge, Research and Technology for Ocean Health

14.9 - Support Small Scale Fishers

14.A - Implement and Enforce International Sea Law

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Conserve Water

Reduce Pollutants

Reduce Waste

Shop Wisely

Reduce Vehicle Pollution

Use Less Energy

Fish Responsibly

Practice Safe Boating

Respect Habitats

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1. Understand and Beat Marine Pollution

2. Protect and Restore Ecosystems and Biodiversity

3. Sustainably Feed the Global Population

4. Develop A Sustainable and Equitable Ocean Economy

5. Unlock Ocean-Based Solutions to Climate Change

6. Increase Community Resilience to Ocean Hazards

7. Expand the Global Ocean Observing System

8. Create A Digital Representation of the Ocean

9. Skills, Knowledge, and Technology For All

10. Change Humanity's Relationship With the Ocean

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4. Preserve the blue, protect the Earth: Urgent actions needed to safeguard the planet's largest ecosystem. (n.d.). United Nations. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2309739_E_SDG_2023_infographics-14-14.pdf

5. 10 challenges: ocean decade challenges for collective impact. (n.d.). United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. https://oceandecade.org/challenges/

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8. Who we are: The ocean decade in a nutshell. (n.d.). United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. https://oceandecade.org/who-we-are/