Hope for Solving Our Seas' Problems
The world' oceans, more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface, are filled with problems: Overfishing, warming and acidifying (酸化的) waters, plastic pollution, a loss of abundance and diversity. But it's of great importance. To care about the ocean in the 21st century is to feel conflicted: despairing what's been lost, optimistic about what we can save.
David Doubilet is a photographer who has already spent more than 27,000 hours underwater. There is an image where Doubilet holds a photo he's made on the same reef, in the same spot, in 2009 — and what that reef looked like nine years later. The decline has been completely discouraging.
He talks about places where the coral's still healthy and is even being used to develop new species of more resilient (可迅速恢复的) coral. And he believes his work documenting all of this — the good and the bad — can inform and inspire.
"The time in the sea has given me a priceless perspective," he says. "I can make pictures that bear witness. Pictures have this power to educate. But he is careful not to show only pictures that make people feel bad —""
That's the message of this issue: As Doubilet puts it; "With hope, there's always the ability to change. Whether we choose to drive a hybrid car or not, whether we choose to turn down the temperature, whether we use sustainable energy. Above all, there is hope. "
A. We need pictures that also show hope and resilience.
B. There is reason for hope and a lot that each of us can do.
C. It was like a bunch of corals, and I went back to a boneyard.
D. He has photographed the story about the changes to coral reefs.
E. Yet Doubilet remains hopeful that we can turn a lot of this around.
F. Finding solutions, or even reasons for optimism, can seem a demanding task.
G. There you'll find ideas for addressing the problems and being part of the solutions.
