The Ocean and You

Wherever you live, you are connected to and directly affected by the ocean. It's the lifeline for the air you breathe, the water you drink, the food you eat and many of the everyday products on which you depend. Find out why ocean conservation and extending ocean life may be the most important need of our time to safeguard our health, our environment and our economy.

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Unsustainable fishing for shark fins kills over 5 million sharks per year

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The Food Web: Perils of Pollution

97% of all coral disease is a consequence of human activities.

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Saving the other 70% of the Planet

85% of new market demand for sustainable seafood is from buyer pressure

Oceans and Climate

Oceans and Climate Change

3 degree rise in the ocean is predicted to have everlasting consequences

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Educational Sites and Organizations

Stay informed on ocean issues, research and news by following these informative websites, articles and multi-media resources.

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Xtend-Life

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Oceana

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PMEL Carbon Program

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NRDC

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Xtend-Life Natural Products

Our goal is to be a resource for anyone who seeks to understand and act on ocean conservation issues.

Xtend-Life created this site to connect the critical ways that the health of our oceans impact our everyday lives and well-being.

While out of sight, we cannot keep the issues facing our oceans out of mind without jeopordizing our own health and the sustainability of our planetary home.

This site explores the latest ocean news and scientific findings to help raise awareness of what’s at stake and what we can do to conserve and protect the oceans.
Learn more about Xtend-Life Natural Products.

Help Those Who Support Ocean Conservation

These companies make an effort to protect our Oceans

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Xtend-Life

Natural Skin Care & Supplements

Xtend-Life Natural products uses microbead free products and sustainable fish sources.

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Oceana

International Organization

Oceana has won more than 100 victories and protected more than one million square miles of ocean.

Our blog

Keep up to date with the Ocean Environment and threats to Biodiversity.

Coastal Cleanup Day is Every Day!

Every year in September, concerned inhabitants of planet Earth make it a point to clean up our coasts of tr

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Finding Dory Raises Concerns about Pet Fish

How much is that endangered fishy in the window?

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Tipping Toward a New Plastics Economy

Coming full circle to end plastic waste

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Alarming news on plastic perils to fish

A first-of-its-kind study on microplastics and fish development has raised alarms about far-reachi

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Ocean Acidification: Invading Our Food Supply

One of the most understudied yet serious threats to our ocean drew hundreds of marine scientists to Hobart

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Hacking to Solve the World’s Fishery Problems

This weekend for Earth Day, teams of computer programmers and technologists will meet at 43 host sites in 2

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Mysteries of the Ocean

The world’s oceans contain many great mysteries within their depths. Diving deep down to the ocean floor

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Cleaning up our Oceans: Can Technology Save Us from Ourselves?

It’s human nature to consume.  Let’s face it, that’s never going to change.  Like every other organ

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