Problem: Earth's oceans are vast, covering about 70% of our planet's surface. Humans are having increasing effects on the structure and function of the Earth's oceans, ranging from unsustainable fisheries to pollution and climate change. Discuss at least two ways in which we, as a society, can lessen our impact on ocean life. In what ways can you personally reduce your impact on ocean life? For some insight, please see the video below from NOAA on the importance of phytoplankton in ocean ecosystems and the formation of "dead zones" by pollution (click on the "expand" button on the bottom right to expand the view of the video and cc to enable closed captioning).