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Although there are already several laws and regulations in place that benefit the global goal, “Life Below Water”, there is still a tremendous desideratum for more to be put into place. For centuries people have regarded the oceans, rivers, lakes, and coasts as an infinite supply of food, a convenient transport route, and an appropriate ground for dumping. These actions continue despite the fact that these ecosystems are much more fragile and complex than people once thought. At the rate that conditions are progressively getting worse and worse, the largest living area on earth is rapidly deteriorating. Continuous damage to the oceans without the protections from laws and regulations will eventually cause what is known today as global warming or climate change.
The results of global warming explain the abnormal shifts in ocean behavior that eventually cause dead zones and the absorption of too much carbon dioxide (CO2) into the bodies of waters (acidification). Dead zones are portions of the oceans that no longer support any type of life due to the lack of oxygen and acidification. At least one-quarter of the CO2 released by burning coal, oil and gas do not stay in the air, but it rather dissolves into the ocean where the water levels become more acidic as the pH level (a measurement expressing the acidity or alkalinity levels in a substance) drops. Significant changes in the pH levels do not give the occupying marine life, which has slowly evolved over millions of years in that environment with an ordinary stable pH level, very much time to accommodate to the acidic conditions in the waters.
Some organisms will just barely survive or may even thrive under the more acidic conditions in the waters while others may possibly go extinct. The loss of biodiversity to acidification will not only affect the life beneath the waterline but will also affect fisheries and aquaculture, threaten the protein supply for millions of people, as well as tourism and other sea-related/lake-related economies. It is now a human’s task to do something about implicating laws and regulations that will protect the life beneath the waterline by prohibiting certain forms of contributing factors to global warming. Examples of the contributing factors to global warming are: burning fossil fuels, cement manufacture, and deforestation that has disrupted the balance of oxygen (O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) within the oceans. In order to effectively and efficiently make strides towards the advancement of law and regulation protections for the Global Goal, “Life Below Water”, more people must become aware of the catastrophe occurring within the bodies of water all around the world.
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