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Assail the Seven Seas
Nearly all of world's oceans tainted by human activity, says study |
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15 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 2:52 PM on 15 Feb 2008 Human activity has tainted all but 3.7 percent of the world's oceans, and 41 percent of the world's waters have been heavily impacted, says a new study in Science. A graphic map illustrates in all-too-clear terms that the briny deep has taken a terrible toll from 17 human threats, including climate change, overfishing, fertilizer runoff, coastal development, and shipping pol ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change impacts, habitat loss, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics) |
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