求保护鲸鱼的英文资料

The existence of the oceans allowed the first life to form, grow, and reproduce. The oceans create atmosphere, weather, and climate. They supply the world with an abundance of life, much of which supplies humans, among others, with transportation, food, medicines, and recreation. While other species may enjoy the benefits of the oceans, humans have become so wide spread and detached from the world around them that they have effectively brought the oceans to the brink of extinction in a very short time (Woodard, 2000). While the oceans count time in the billions of years, humans count time in years or decades. In the last fifteen decades, human activity has decimated a significant portion of the ocean, creating "dead zones" where there is no oxygen to support life. The ocean chemistry is becoming dangerously acidic due to the burning of fossil fuels and the dumping of waste in the oceans, and may trigger a non-reversible chain reaction of extinction, say before the end of t