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Scientists Reveal First-ever Global Map of Total Human Effects on Oceans


February 14, 2008

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More than 40 percent of the world's oceans are heavily affected by human activities and few, if any, areas remain untouched, according to the first global-scale study of human influence on marine ecosystems. By overlaying maps of 17 different activities, such as fishing, climate change and pollution, the researchers have produced a composite map of the toll that humans have exacted on the seas.Full Story

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