Celebrate World Oceans Day today, June 8 (videos)

, officially recognized by the UN as June 8th, is a day when we all should be thinking about our oceans and ways to protect them. This rings especially true in a time like this where our Gulf Coast waters and sea life have been so horribly devastated.

The Ocean Project gives us some great reasons why we should be honoring the element that makes up 71% of our planet: