Lockdown Day 681- 5 February 2022
First, a word about pollution. It is real and although the ocean is trying its best with "garbage patches of plastic" to try and keep itself clean, one cannot ignore what it is doing to the ocean inhabitants.
However, on most sites where daily updates around the world are shared about our planet and ocean health status, the single two most mentioned threats on the survival of intricate ecosystems in the ocean, are overfishing and deep sea mining. Humans started pollution. And humans are playing God.
In spite of this, the ocean displays a certain self-preservation recovery which gives me hope and buys humans time to come up with a global rescue plan before we all die at our own hands.
Coral reefs were found in excellent condition off the coast of Tahiti, up to 70 metres deep and stretching out more than 3 km during recent surge in 'ocean floor mapping' expeditions, also discovering new species of black coral.
Also, beneath the waves off the coasts of Chile and Peru, the "vortex of life" has been discovered in a comprehensive first ever deep-sea survey.
More than 120 specially adapted unique species were found along two underwater mountain chains, the Salas y Gómez and Nazca Ridges (both pictures on this post feature them). The ridges stretch as deep as 4000 m and as far as 3000 km.
So tonight I offer up a prayer of thanks and appreciation for all the humans who are doing their best. And I pray that God will extend His grace toward His creation, because we surely need it.
#Ggt
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