MarineBio Ocean Gear Shop
Welcome to MarineBio's ocean gear shop! Below are many kinds of shirts, our new 2010 calendar, various stickers and cards, mugs and mousepads, and other cool ocean gear we've customized for MarineBio Conservation Society members, volunteers, our staff and you. All proceeds (10% on average) from purchases go toward maintaining the MarineBio Network and its associated projects. All MarineBio Gear can be fully customized, for example you can change shirt styles and colors, and even what the designs look like or say! Have an idea for a design related to marine life, conservation or ocean science? Tell us about it and we'll notify you when it's online!
The ocean is our earth's greatest natural resource. It gives us life. It is the place of origin for most life forms. Millions of people rely on the ocean for survival. Twelve million fishermen operate three million vessels landing about 90 million tons of fish each year, providing work for over 200 million people worldwide. More than 60% of the global population live within 60 km of the coast. The ocean provides the majority of our oxygen and even the rain itself. The ocean buffers the weather and helps regulate global temperature and manages vast amounts of pollutants. More than 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide are absorbed by the ocean every year. It is home to some of the most amazing creatures on earth—80 percent of the world's biodiversity lives in the sea and there is still much to be discovered. At least 100 million unnamed species live on the ocean floor alone. Thousands of pharmaceutical compounds have been isolated from marine animals and plants. The cures for HIV/AIDs, cancer, malaria, tuberculosis and leukemia, etc. could lie beneath the waves. The ocean is in our backyard, yet more is known about the moon. We are just now beginning to understand the ocean and with that understanding has come the increasing realization that the ocean is in deep trouble. Marine conservation efforts are overwhelmed by the number and scale of the problems the ocean faces.
Learn more about the ocean, its life, the problems it faces, and what you can do today to help protect and restore our ocean, for all of us.
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