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Reread lines 41-56. What is Cousteau’s two main reasons for his claim that we should explore the oceans?

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Critical medical advances and sustainable forms of energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • In the commentary "Why Exploring the Ocean Is Mankind’s Next Giant Leap", the narrator Philippe Cousteau says that since earth's oceans have been explored to only about 10 %, there is a great potential of finding new discoveries and resources there.
  • He claims that we should explore the oceans to yield discoveries in critical medical advances and sustainable forms of energy. He put these claims based on the evidence of finding AZT, a treatment for HIV which is derived from a Caribbean reef sponge and the abundant availability of OTEC (ocean thermal energy conservation) and wave energy.
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