The State of the Planet's Oceans

The State of the Planet's Oceans” investigates the health and sustainability of the world's oceans, with a special emphasis on issues affecting marine preserves, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems in the United States and worldwide. Some of the stories and issues that are featured include: the significance of rapidly increasing glacier melt in Greenland, the loss of sea ice in the Arctic and its world-wide affect on fisheries and wildlife, the effects of climate change and unsustainable fishing on coral reefs, the success of marine preserves in the Florida Keys and off the coast of Belize, and a first person essay by world-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle.

Learn more about this episode of Journey to Planet Earth on PBS.org/journeytoplanetearth.