the ocean is a place of many wonders. but now it s also a garbage dump each 1000000 tons of plastic land in our oceans each year about one garbage truck per minute. that s not only harmful to all she life but also to human beings. climate killer carbon dioxide around 30 percent of greenhouse gases from human activities are absorbed by the ocean that s roughly $1000000.00 tons per hour . that helps to reduce the greenhouse effect. but the more c o 2 the oceans and seas absorb the more acidic they become 40 percent of all call reefs have perished in the last 3 decades. the oceans are getting warmer
have to keep up. reporter: but why should we care about the creatures of the deep? it is simply in our best interest. so many economies are so dependent on healthy oceans. 15% of the world s protein comes from fish produced by the oceans. that s a nontrivial amount of food. reporter: this kingdom of the oceans is ultimately our world. i m tonya rivero in new york. hey, now i know why i need to care. enlightened this morning. thank you very much. i appreciate that. i m in the mood for a fish fry now. anybody else with me? come on now. this is abc s world news now informing insomniacs for two decades. two decades.