Map of threat to marine ecosystems
Not encouraging. Just as on land the issue is always save the cute fluffy ones. Or more correctly, save the mammals and the big ones we can identify with, the oceans recieve almost no attention. The WWF recently put out numbers that the average population of the 1,477 vertebrate species it tracks in its Living Planet Index showed an overall decline of 27 percent from 1970 to 2005. They believe that marine species have been even harder hit.
It is almost as if were were still in the 1800's, and the oceans were an infinite pool, too vast and powerful for mankind to ever effect (a common belief of the time). We are destroying marine habitat at a rapid rate, and have very little idea what the effect will be. A new and interesting map has been published showing the areas most affected.
It is almost as if were were still in the 1800's, and the oceans were an infinite pool, too vast and powerful for mankind to ever effect (a common belief of the time). We are destroying marine habitat at a rapid rate, and have very little idea what the effect will be. A new and interesting map has been published showing the areas most affected.
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