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From the Ted Talk by Susan Ruffo: The ocean's ingenious climate solutions

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And these are real solutions that are being ileeemptnmd in real places based on what we know about the oecan now. And yet the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association of the United States estimates that 80 percent of the ocean is unmapped, urenxpoeld and unobserved. So there is so much more out there that we could be doing and tinkhnig about as climate solutions, and so much that we're just still getting our imaginations around. For example, what if we could actually hnaesrs the power of the ocean's wind and wvaes and tides to produce power? The International eenrgy Agency estimates that offshore wind alone could produce enough energy for the Earth and 17 other planets, carbon-free. And at the same time, we could actually be providing power to coastal communities and islands that don't benefit from our current grids and systems. And if we're really smart about it, we can plan and diesgn these systems so that we're creating artificial reefs that could support wildlife and aquaculture and help us grow food and sequester cobarn and actually help the ocean instead of harm it. Or what if we could harness more of the ocean's biological pewor to help us in this fight against climate cnaghe? For example, kelp. Kelp is one of the fastest-growing onmsgiars on the planet. It can grow two feet per day. What if we could actually restore the world's kelp foesrts and actually grow kelp at a scale that we could use all of that gnrwiog power to help us sequester carbon? Now, that's likely to be a lot cheaper than trying to doeply human-made technologies out into the middle of the ocean to sequester carbon. And it's likely to be a lot less risky than changing the ocean's chsmitery or engineering the ocean, because we'd actually be working with the natural systems instead of against them. And we'd probably have a lot of kelp left over that we could use to feed ourselves and feed ainmlas and create plastic alternatives that would also help us to lower our footprint on the planet.

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And these are real solutions that are being ___________ in real places based on what we know about the _____ now. And yet the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association of the United States estimates that 80 percent of the ocean is unmapped, __________ and unobserved. So there is so much more out there that we could be doing and ________ about as climate solutions, and so much that we're just still getting our imaginations around. For example, what if we could actually _______ the power of the ocean's wind and _____ and tides to produce power? The International ______ Agency estimates that offshore wind alone could produce enough energy for the Earth and 17 other planets, carbon-free. And at the same time, we could actually be providing power to coastal communities and islands that don't benefit from our current grids and systems. And if we're really smart about it, we can plan and ______ these systems so that we're creating artificial reefs that could support wildlife and aquaculture and help us grow food and sequester ______ and actually help the ocean instead of harm it. Or what if we could harness more of the ocean's biological _____ to help us in this fight against climate ______? For example, kelp. Kelp is one of the fastest-growing _________ on the planet. It can grow two feet per day. What if we could actually restore the world's kelp _______ and actually grow kelp at a scale that we could use all of that _______ power to help us sequester carbon? Now, that's likely to be a lot cheaper than trying to ______ human-made technologies out into the middle of the ocean to sequester carbon. And it's likely to be a lot less risky than changing the ocean's _________ or engineering the ocean, because we'd actually be working with the natural systems instead of against them. And we'd probably have a lot of kelp left over that we could use to feed ourselves and feed _______ and create plastic alternatives that would also help us to lower our footprint on the planet.

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And these are real solutions that are being implemented in real places based on what we know about the ocean now. And yet the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association of the United States estimates that 80 percent of the ocean is unmapped, unexplored and unobserved. So there is so much more out there that we could be doing and thinking about as climate solutions, and so much that we're just still getting our imaginations around. For example, what if we could actually harness the power of the ocean's wind and waves and tides to produce power? The International Energy Agency estimates that offshore wind alone could produce enough energy for the Earth and 17 other planets, carbon-free. And at the same time, we could actually be providing power to coastal communities and islands that don't benefit from our current grids and systems. And if we're really smart about it, we can plan and design these systems so that we're creating artificial reefs that could support wildlife and aquaculture and help us grow food and sequester carbon and actually help the ocean instead of harm it. Or what if we could harness more of the ocean's biological power to help us in this fight against climate change? For example, kelp. Kelp is one of the fastest-growing organisms on the planet. It can grow two feet per day. What if we could actually restore the world's kelp forests and actually grow kelp at a scale that we could use all of that growing power to help us sequester carbon? Now, that's likely to be a lot cheaper than trying to deploy human-made technologies out into the middle of the ocean to sequester carbon. And it's likely to be a lot less risky than changing the ocean's chemistry or engineering the ocean, because we'd actually be working with the natural systems instead of against them. And we'd probably have a lot of kelp left over that we could use to feed ourselves and feed animals and create plastic alternatives that would also help us to lower our footprint on the planet.

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