The Next 10 Years Could

As A Child, I Was Aware Of The Widely-held Attitude That The Ocean Is So Big, So Resilient That We Could Use The Sea As The Ultimate Place To Dispose Of Anything We Did Not Want, From Garbage And Nuclear Wastes To Sludge From Sewage To Entire Ships That Had Reached The End Of Their Useful Life.

We Are Blessed With A Place That Is Open To The Universe And, Despite This, Supports This Very Thin Envelope Of Air We Call Atmosphere, Which Holds Just The Right Amount Of Oxygen For Us To Breathe.

No Water, No Life. No Blue, No Green.

It Doesn't Matter Where On Earth You Live, Everyone Is Utterly Dependent On The Existence Of That Lovely, Living Saltwater Soup. There's Plenty Of Water In The Universe Without Life, But Nowhere Is There Life Without Water.

The Observations That Have Developed Over The Years Have Given Us Perspective About Where We Fit In. We Are Newcomers, Really Recent Arrivals On A Planet That Is Four And A Half Billion Years Old.