{"id":33,"date":"2022-07-08T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/en\/letter-to-the-mediterranean-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T12:45:20","slug":"letter-to-the-mediterranean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/letter-to-the-mediterranean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Mediterranean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pour la Journ\u00e9e de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, nous avons d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de lui \u00e9crire une lettre : la \u201cLettre \u00e0 la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e\u201d. Une mani\u00e8re de renouveler notre engagement pour sa protection, de cultiver chaque jour notre connaissance de la mer, d\u2019approfondir nos recherches oc\u00e9anographiques, et de raviver notre curiosit\u00e9 et notre attention \u00e0 son \u00e9gard.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Tu es pour nous un foyer, une source de vie et de beaut\u00e9.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>Mais nous ne t\u2019aimons pas assez.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>De toutes les mers du monde, tu es la<strong> plus surexploit\u00e9e<\/strong>. M\u00eame si la situation s\u2019am\u00e9liore, il reste encore beaucoup \u00e0 faire pour pr\u00e9server tes esp\u00e8ces et tes ressources.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>Tes eaux sont sal\u00e9es, et tu es l\u2019une des mers les plus chaudes, m\u00eame en profondeur. Mais jamais tu n\u2019as \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi chaude : c\u2019est comme si<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00376-022-1461-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7 bombes atomiques explosaient en toi chaque seconde<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>C\u2019est de notre faute, mais nous te le jurons : nous t\u2019aimons profond\u00e9ment. C\u2019est pourquoi nous venons toujours te rendre visite : tu es de loin la <strong>destination touristique pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9e des voyageurs du monde entier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>Crois-nous, nous faisons tout notre possible. Nous avons consacr\u00e9 <strong><a href=\\\"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/decennio-del-mare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 ann\u00e9es enti\u00e8res aux sciences de la mer pour prendre soin de toi<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,,<\/h4>\n<p>Cet \u00e9t\u00e9, promis, nous ne <strong>gaspillerons rien et ne jetterons rien<\/strong> qui puisse polluer tes eaux et nuire \u00e0 tes habitants.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>Nous te promettons de profiter de ta pr\u00e9sence pour ce qu\u2019elle est : une <strong>b\u00e9n\u00e9diction<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Et surtout, ch\u00e8re M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e,<\/h4>\n<p>Nous te promettons de <strong><em>te regarder<\/em><\/strong> : car il n\u2019y a pas de meilleure fa\u00e7on d\u2019aimer que de regarder.<\/p>\n<p>Regarde-nous aussi, pendant que nous enfilons masque et tuba pour admirer tes immenses richesses : <strong>tu sentiras alors tout notre amour<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-content\/themes\/ocean-decade-med-restore\/assets\/images\/artiom-vallat-rFxk_Ea9PME-unsplash-1024x682-46c68defba.webp\" alt=\"Lettera al Mar Mediterraneo_Decennio del Mare\" class=\"wp-image-8782\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artiom Vallat da Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2\">\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the Mediterranean Sea Day we decided to dedicate a lette\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oceandecademed.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}