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A sea of stats
Even more numbers to illuminate the vast ocean |
Andrew Sharpless |
01 Mar 2008 |
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| Perhaps because it was released the same week as Ben Halpern and colleagues' excellent human impacts map, the new U.N. report 'In Dead Water' has been met with little fanfare. It's too bad, because the report is a natural complement to the scientists' graphic illustration of the intersection between humans and the seas. 'In Dead Water' takes a big-picture look at the five primary threats facing the oceans: pollution, climate change, overfishing, invasive specie ... |
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| Topics: climate, fishing, habitat loss, oceans, water pollution (all these topics) |
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