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As two ocean elders, a lifelong oceanographer and a Native Hawaiian cultural practitioner, we have a deep reverence for the ocean. But unprecedented commercial exploitation of our planet threatens the ocean and humanity.

Super marine heatwaves, a newly coined term underscored in the recent State of the Climate report, can contribute to coral deaths and fisheries collapse. The global assessment, based on contributions from more than 590 scientists in nearly 60 countries, warns that ocean heat and global sea level were the highest on record. We are doing worse, not better.

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