In the Time magazine article “How to Save Our Sick, Neglected Oceans,” Grace Young writes about the current state of our oceans and what we can do to improve them. Young goes on to specifically state the poor status of our oceans. She also offers many different solutions that could potentially increase the health of our oceans and knowledge as well. Author Grace Young uses her knowledge and experience as an ocean engineer to call to attention our lack of funding and overall knowledge of the ocean and also offers solutions to these problems. The article tries to educate readers on how there are problems with our oceans. It also acknowledges that not enough is being done to fix the problem and gives how we can improve on our research of the oceans. Young makes some very good points in her article, but also failed to cover some key points. The author used many rhetorical strategies such as appeals and selection/omission to get their point across, but failed to incorporate other perspectives into her writing.

The one rhetorical strategy the author uses to …show more content…
Young frequently supported her argument with facts and quotes from different sources, but often excludes statistics and an opposing argument. Young gives many examples of currents problems with our oceans such as rising sea level, global warming, pollution, acidification, and overfishing. Young also presents numerous possible solutions that include creating a CERN for the oceans, sanctioning from a supra-national organization, and getting a concentrate funding from philanthropies and corporations. What Young fails to present in the article is the knowledge of what is being done currently to deal with the problems of our oceans. Although Young says that we know with certainty that our oceans are sick, she lacks statistical evidence to the claims. Right now, we just have to go off of her word that these problems are