Wake up to waters value
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- milojacks
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Water, the holy grail in the exploration of our solar system, the most
coveted of all discoveries. NASA has repeatedly placed it at the
forefront of all deep space mission agendas. We seek it out knowing
that without water there is no possibility of life. Yet here, on the
one place that provides all the water supporting all the known life in
the universe, we are continuously increasing the amount of pollution
and harmful contaminates we pump into our one source of life. A 2009
study by the U.S. Geological Survey detected mercury contamination in
every fish sampled in 291 streams across the United States. This
shows the extent to which airborne mercury from burning fossil fuels
is raining down on our watersheds and entering a wide swath of the
food chain. Around the Great Lakes seasonal algae blooms are covering
the shore. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow while
tainting the food chain of our largest ocean and we’re now facing
untold damage from a spewing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. How
long before the contamination of the northern hemisphere spreads to
the southern oceans? But more importantly, how long before we value
the water here on earth (that gives us life) as highly as we seem to
value it in the rest of the universe?
coveted of all discoveries. NASA has repeatedly placed it at the
forefront of all deep space mission agendas. We seek it out knowing
that without water there is no possibility of life. Yet here, on the
one place that provides all the water supporting all the known life in
the universe, we are continuously increasing the amount of pollution
and harmful contaminates we pump into our one source of life. A 2009
study by the U.S. Geological Survey detected mercury contamination in
every fish sampled in 291 streams across the United States. This
shows the extent to which airborne mercury from burning fossil fuels
is raining down on our watersheds and entering a wide swath of the
food chain. Around the Great Lakes seasonal algae blooms are covering
the shore. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch continues to grow while
tainting the food chain of our largest ocean and we’re now facing
untold damage from a spewing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. How
long before the contamination of the northern hemisphere spreads to
the southern oceans? But more importantly, how long before we value
the water here on earth (that gives us life) as highly as we seem to
value it in the rest of the universe?
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- groups:
- Green, Art and Style, Water Is Life, The Art Gallery
