So many things are reflected in the sea. The intensity of the light and the color of the sky of course. But also the face of our modernity. By plunging our gaze into the marine waters, we observe the ills from which they and we suffer; between pollution and increased temperatures.
No matter how much we lean further above the waves, we struggle to measure the abysmal depth of our ignorance about this marine world that we exploit without really knowing anything about it. However, we strive not to underestimate everything he brings to our human activities nor to forget that our future is linked to his. We are on the lookout for the slightest signal of hope, virtuous initiatives or courageous decisions.
Because the ocean is immense, we believed for centuries that it was inexhaustible. And yet, we did manage to make him suffer. This sad feat perhaps heralds another if we consider the debris which is already accumulating up there, above our heads. After having polluted the immensity of the sea, will we succeed in polluting the infinity of space? Asked like this, the question seems absurd. But who knows? In a sadly ironic tone, we must say that humanity is full of resources.
For around fifteen years, at the initiative of the United Nations, World Oceans Day has invited us to become aware of these threats and these issues. In its own way and on its own scale, Ocean Press is associated with it in the continuity of its editorial commitment, notably through a Sunday meeting called “Let’s preserve the oceans”. Very largely devoted to the maritime world, this special issue that we are offering this Saturday, June 8 to our readers constitutes a modest incentive to look, in our turn, into marine waters to see that the land and the sea do not only one on our planet.
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