poptech: claire nouvian
October 19, 2007 by Chris | permalink
taking a look at the oceans. the oceans represent about 99% of the planets surface area. we have sampled about 0.5% of the surface, which is about the since of alaska. so, the point is, what will we do about the deep ocean? she is a freelance writer and film director.
http://www.thedeepbook.org/nouvian_author.html
she showed the most amazing images of creatures from the deep sea. then went on to talk about the threats.
deep-sea mining
dep-see dumping
CO2 sequestration
ocean acidification
methane and oil exploitation
bottom trawling is currently active and a huge problem [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottom_trawling]
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Oceans/Sust_fisheries/Trawling/
unfathomable that we can rape the planet in this way.
check out www.searoundus.org
