WITHOUT
WITHOUT SAYING WE LOVE THE BEACH HERE IN SAN DIEGO AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT
TO PROTECT OUR OCEAN AND OUR
PLANET. SO HERE TO EXPLAIN HOW
WE CAN DO THAT IS DR. ENRIC
SALA. HE'S THE AUTHOR OF
THE NATURE OF NATURE AND
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER IN
RESIDENCE. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT
TO SAY GOOD MORNING AND. GOOD
MORNING, DARYN. THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE WITH US. NOW YOUR
BOOK BREAKS DOWN WHY PROTECTING
NATURE CAN MAKE A POSITIVE
ECONOMIC IMPACT. PLUS, CAN BE
GOOD FOR OUR HEALTH. CAN YOU
KIND OF DOVE INTO THAT PUN
INTENDED? YES, SURE. THE GOOD
ON PANDEMIC HAS CLEARLY SHOWED
US THAT WE ARE DEPENDENT ON A
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.
THE PANDEMIC STARTED WHEN ONE
VIRUS SPILLED OVER FROM A WILD
ANIMAL TO A HUMAN AND THEN
EXPANDED SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE
ALL AROUND THE WORLD. SO IN
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE HAVE
BEEN RESPECTING NATURE. WE HAVE
A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP WITH
NATURE. WE ARE ENCROACHING UPON
FORESTS AND GRASSLANDS AND
ENGAGING IN GLOBAL WILDLIFE
TRADE THAT HAS RESULTED IN A
GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS AND A
GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN. SO
INVESTING IN PROTECTING MORE
NATURE WOULD REDUCE THE RISK OF
FUTURE PANDEMICS BUT ALSO IT
WOULD HAVE ENORMOUS ECONOMIC
BENEFITS. IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A
COMMON SENSE THING. RIGHT.
PROTECT THE PLACE WHERE YOU
LIVE IN NATURE AND THEN YOU
KNOW IF NATURE STAYS HEALTHY WE
STAY HEALTHY YOU WOULD THINK
RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK.
BUT THAT WE HUMANS ARE VERY
GOOD AT THINKING VERY SHORT
TERM AND DISCOUNTING
THE FUTURE. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN
IT COMES ABOUT THE ECONOMICS
THAT YOU MENTIONED BEFORE WE
RELEASED A REPORT ON WEDNESDAY
THAT SHOWS THAT THE COST OF
PROTECTING 30 PERCENT OF
THE PLANET LAND AND SEA WHICH
IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF
PROTECTION THAT SCIENCE
RECOMMENDS. THE COST OF
PROTECTING 30 PERCENT WOULD BE
ABOUT HUNDRED AND FORTY BILLION
DOLLARS PER YEAR. OH MY GOSH
YOU MIGHT YOU MAY THINK THAT IS
A LOT BUT TODAY WE SPEND MORE
ON VIDEO GAMES. OH, WOW. YEAH,
THAT IS THAT IS ACCURATE. AND
THE BENEFITS WOULD OUTWEIGH
THE COSTS BY A RATIO OF FIVE TO
ONE FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE PUT IN
PROTECTED AREAS. NATURE WOULD
GIVE AT LEAST FIVE DOLLARS IN
RETURN. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE.
YOU AND I WERE CHATTING ABOUT
THAT DURING THE BREAK AND I
COULDN'T FOLLOW YOU. BUT NOW I
COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT MAKES
SENSE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S
HAPPENED TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
KELP FORESTS AND HOW CAN WE
HELP RESTORE IT? TWO MAIN
THINGS THAT THAT ARE AFFECTING
THE KELP FOREST THE GIANT KILL
FOREST. I USED TO LIVE IN LA
HOYA. I WAS AT SCRIPPS
INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY FOR
10 YEARS AND I WAS LIKELY TO
DOVE IN THAT BEAUTIFUL GIANT
KILL FOREST OF LA HOYA AND
POINT. BUT IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS WE HAVE SEEN
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ABOUT 90
PERCENT OF THE KELP FORESTS IN
CALIFORNIA IN THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST BECAUSE OF OCEAN
WARMING AND ALSO NOW WE HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THIS POPULATION
EXPLOSIONS OF PURPLE SEA
URCHINS THAT LOVE TO EAT KELP.
THEY BASICALLY ARE LIKE MARINE
LE LAWN MOWERS. AND THEY ARE
ABLE TO TURN GIANT KILL FOREST
INTO BEARING GROUNDS. SO WE
HAVE TWO THINGS TO DO. ONE IS
TO GET BACK INTO THE PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT. WE NEED TO
DEVELOP A SERIOUS PLAN TO PHASE
ALL FOSSIL FUELS AND SHIFT TO A
RENEWABLE ENERGY ECONOMY SO WE
CAN REDUCE OUR CARBON EMISSIONS
AND REVERSE THIS OCEAN WARMING
THAT IS DESTROYING THE KELP
FOREST. AND SECOND, WE NEED TO
ENGAGE IN MASSIVE EFFORTS TO
CONTROL THE PURPLE SEA URCHINS
BECAUSE WE HAVE CONDUCTED
EXPERIMENTS ALL AROUND
THE WORLD. AND WHEN YOU REMOVE
THE SEA URCHINS, THE KELP COMES
BACK REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY.
WHAT IS CAUSING THE WARMING OF
THE WATER, THE WARMING OF
THE WATER IS CAUSED BY GLOBAL
WARMING BY OUR BURNING OF
FOSSIL FUELS WHICH WARMS
THE ATMOSPHERE AND ALSO WARMS
THE OCEAN. AND THAT IS A FACT
THAT THESE REALLY, REALLY SCARY
THAT THE OCEAN HAS ABSORBED 90
PERCENT OF THE EXTRA HEAT
GENERATED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY
SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
90 PERCENT. THAT MEANS THAT IF
THE OCEAN WERE IN THERE IF
THE OCEAN HAD SHORT OR ALL THAT
EXTRA HEAT, THE TEMPERATURE IN
SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW WOULD BE 36
DEGREES CELSIUS HIGHER, NOT 2
DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH IS
THE MAXIMUM THAT THE PARTIES
CLAIM PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
CALLS FOR WOULD BE 36. IT WOULD
BE LIKE DOUBLING IT WOULD BE
LIKE DOUBLING THE TEMPERATURE
IN A HOT SUMMER. YOU KNOW
YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE GRAPHIC
FOR A WHILE WHICH IS SO
FASCINATING. WE UNFORTUNATELY
HAVE TO WRAP IT. I WANT TO KNOW
WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND YOUR
BOOK? YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN SAVING
THE PLACE THAT WE LIVE IN. SO
WE WANT HELP THEM OUT. WELL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNY.
THE NATURE OF NATURE IT CAN BE
FOUND ON ANY BLAZE ONLINE THAT
SELLS BOOKS. OH, THEY'RE VERY
EASY. THE NATURE OF NATURE. AND
ENRICO SALLA,