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On the recordFebruary 8, 2016
We are a terrestrial species, but we get a lot from the oceans in terms of cooling of the planet, oxygenation of the atmosphere, fish that we eat, and the place I think we might be hitting our ecosystem the hardest is actually in the oceans.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Emphasizing the importance of oceans for ecosystem health.

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