Rarely would a child draw a menacing ocean, with dark clouds, swirling winds and palm trees bent in half. Oceans for eons have suffused us with images of placid sapphire orbs with bright yellow sunshine, where all one could wear were bright pink flip-flops and green leaf patterned shirts. But that is changing. With humans turned landwards, oceans are insidiously creeping into our backyard, hungrily frolicking at the toes of the tall monstrosities that we imagine will keep us safe. The oceans are heaving, rising against the war that we are waging with nature. There are many that find such revelations uncomfortable and rush into denial. The scientific data on global warming, sea level rise, changing resources of the deep and more, present an undisputable reality. It is time to consider that we can perhaps no longer control the inevitable, especially in the face of unhindered consumerism and profiteering. Perhaps an adaptation mechanism for believers need to be prioritised in an increasing unequal world. Today, the have-nots are no longer the poor, or those without an ‘ism’– the have-nots are those that turn away from knowledge, the human kinds’ only resource. We have attempted to present a miniscule fragment of that vast repository in this issue, hoping to turn you into a believer.