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The Ripple: May Issue
It’s almost World Ocean Month! 🌊
June is World Ocean Month!
There have been countless discoveries, climate wins, and conservation success stories since last year, and it’s time to celebrate all month long. To get you ready for next month here are some ocean facts, and ways you can participate in celebrating our oceans. Read more
Did you know? - The Pacific Ocean is wider than the Moon! 🌑
Did you know? - Half of the USA is situated below sea level! 🌊
Did you know? - There are over 3 million estimated shipwrecks lying below the surface according to a United Nations ESCO study. ⚓
Futureswell’s Ocean Month Theme 2024: Save the Reef!
Over the next month you’ll see us share stories on:
Coral reef restoration around the world
Organizations working to save the reef
Threats to coral reefs & upstream solutions
What is new at FutureSwell?
Futureswell joined Our Ocean 2024 in Greece as an official media partner, sharing announcements and updates with all of your through video content and interviews.
#1) We produced 10+ episodes of Waves of Change, our series where we share the diverse perspectives of leaders working in the ocean climate movement. Check out this episode from Alexandra Azevedo working in sustainability fisheries in South Africa!
#2) We partnered with Bloomberg Ocean Initiative to covered three of their collaborative global projects to 1) Reach 30×30 effectively 2) Save coral reefs and 3) Ratification the High Seas Treaty! The goal was to demistify and explain these large global initiatives so we can all participate in bringing them to life.
Sustainability & The Sea Podcast Roundup🎥
Here are our newest episodes since last month. Subscribe to stay up-to-date on new content!
Answering Your Ocean Career Questions - with Alex and Carissa, two marine biologists working in Hawai’i to save and study the ocean.
Cousteau Legacy of Youth Engagement ft. Sean Russell of EarthEcho - Interviewing leader and advocate Sean Russell on how to empower young people in the ocean movement.
Our Ocean Debrief ft. Meeting Sylvia Earle - Carissa shares everything that happened at the largest annual ocean conference in Greece this April. Our top recommendation! 🤿
O’ahu Community Events:
World Ocean’s Month Kickoff!
Join Parley for the Oceans and Sustainable Coastlines for a day of coastal restoration at Sandy Beach, Oahu on June 1st. The day will be devoted to removing invasive species, native planting, cleanup efforts, and education along the Kaiwi coastline. Click this link for more information and to register for the event!
YouTube Videos! 🎥
Keep watching our binge worthy ocean content on YouTube, and subscribe because we post a new video every week! 📣 We just hit 2k Futureswellies📣
Stories from the field at Papahanaumokuakea - Have you ever wanted to be stranded on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean counting seals and seabirds? Well come see marine biologist Alex Filardo’s insane experience studying Hawaiian monk seals for an entire summer! Our top recommendation! 🤿
Scariest Sea Monsters in the Ocean! 😨 - Have you ever wondered if the legends of sea monsters are ACTUALLY REAL?! Joe Giglio dives in, to uncover mysteries of the ocean’s scariest deep sea creatures.
Sea Turtle Rescue Hospital 🐢 - Join us in exploring Bali’s sea turtle hospital and how it is helping train future marine biologists while saving sea turtles!
Leave a comment or questions, & we will respond next time! Watch here
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FutureSwell Around the World 🌎
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Carissa Cabrera recently attended the 2024 Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in Greece. She got to meet world renown ocean conservationist, Sylvia Earle, who spoke to more than 100 young ocean leaders sharing stories, advice, and hope for the future of climate solutions. You can learn more about this experience in our recent podcast episode!
This World Oceans Month we will be working at home in Hawai’i, supporting our clients with community outreach events and public education.
Learning Resources for our Community!
Oceans of Blue News
NOAA Declares Global Mass Bleaching Event
Last month NOAA declared that we are ongoing a mass bleaching event around the world, only the fourth in history. This means that heat stress from record-breaking temperatures in our ocean are resulting in widespread coral bleaching. Coral bleaching is a result of warming temperatures, and this year Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) were the highest ever recorded. The second highest was 2023. Make no mistake: this mass bleaching event is caused by the climate crisis. Read more
How to help?
Coral Reef Alliance has a coral bleaching toolkit that simplifies how we can help, from dive operators to nonprofits. Yet, on the individual level, the best thing we can do is to elect environmental leaders who will help pass progressive climate policy. We have a large election this fall in the U.S. you can register to vote now.
This announcement was released at Our Ocean 2024, and we interviewed reef expert Dr. Emily Fielding what gives her hope in the face of the bleaching event.
Palau Ratifies the High Seas Treaty!
You may have heard about protecting 30% of our ocean by 2030, but how will we do it in time? A huge piece of this bold goal requires creating open ocean marine protected areas on the high seas, or Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ). The high seas cover 50% of our entire planet, and we must protect them. That begins with the high seas treaty.
The status of the high seas treaty:
The high seas treaty is an international agreement between countries, and requires 60 countries to ratify the treaty to begin agreements. 🚢
Palau was the most recent nation to ratify and announced it at Our Ocean Greece🐬
After ratification, nations can begin proposing open ocean marine protected areas to reach 30×30! ✈️
Ocean Heat Waves Foreshadow Dangerous Hurricane Season Ahead
Global ocean temperatures continued to break temperature records all year, now posing a significant risk to storm intensification during its peak season later this year. Warm nearshore waters act as an accelerant to tropical storms moving in-land, increasing intensity, size, and potential damage. Scientists continue to be shocked by water temperatures as climate change continues to damage corals, mangroves, reefs, and endanger wildlife. Read more
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Call to Action:
Protect Whales in Iceland! 🐳
Right now the Icelandic government is considering renewing a license to hunt endangered fin whales, and we can still stop them! Join our global coalition in asking the government to not renew the hunting license and protect whales through a few simple actions below. ✨
