Implications of the Gaia Hypothesis for Marine Environmental Education

Abstract

The main crises facing the marine environment at present include: (1) overfi shing, (2) inappropriate aquaculture fi sheries. (2) Inappropriate aquaculture fi sheries. (3) Garbage. (4) Dead Zones caused by eutrophication. Gaia hypothesis attaches great importance to the coasts, marshes, and wetlands of the coastal areas. Gaia hypothesis considers the co-evolution of the environment and life from the perspective of the Earth as a whole, and includes two features: life changes the Earth’s environment, and the Earth’s environment, as modifi ed by the evolution of life. The microorganisms of the coastal zone, as well as those of the oceans, participate in and drive the evolution of life. Therefore, it is important to incorporate coastal areas, marshes, wetlands into the marine environment. We need to incorporate into our marine environmental education and make it a priority in our conservation eff orts.