COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Map shows toll on world's oceans
Description: Only about 4% of the world's oceans remain undamaged by human activity, according to the first detailed global map of human impacts on the seas. A study in Science journal says climate change, fishing, pollution and other human factors have exacted a heavy toll on almost half of the marine waters. Only remote icy areas near the poles are relatively pristine, but they face threats as ice sheets melt, it warns. [Source: BBC News]
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7241428.stm
Availability: Full Text
Source: BBC News
Publish Date: 2/14/2008
Reading Level: Basic
Page Length: 1

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