What is the single biggest threat to ocean health?

It feeds us. It transports us. It supports our every breath. And yet, the ocean is under enormous pressure from pollution, habitat destruction, fishery mismanagement, and climate change. But when asked what is the most pressing threat, legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle has one surprising answer—ignorance.

Let’s help change that.

WAKE is a place to learn the latest news on ocean health from the coasts, to the canyons, to the Challenger Deep.

I’m Kimberly Hatfield. I founded WAKE to share news on the ocean we are leaving behind.

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