Facing up to Accelerating Exploitation of Oceans

{Accelerating Exploitation of Oceans – Earth and Leaf editorial}

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Facing up to accelerating exploitation of oceans

Termed the “blue acceleration”, the rapid increase in human activity and resource extraction from the world’s oceans in recent decades highlights the growing pressure we’re placing on marine ecosystems.

Irish science journalist Olive Heffernan has tackled the topic in her first book, The High Seas — Ambition, Greed, and Power on the Unclaimed Ocean, and looked at how the rapid pace of development in the ocean raises immense concerns about the long-term health of marine ecosystems.

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