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Daily Archives: February 22, 2018

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New maps show the utterly massive imprint of fishing on the world’s oceans

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Humans are now fishing at least 55 percent of the world’s oceans — an area four times larger than the area occupied by humanity’s onshore agriculture.

Read the fully story here on The Washington Post

February 22, 2018
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Researchers map massive global footprint of industrial fishing

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With the help of big data and technology originally designed to prevent ships from colliding, a team of researchers has stitched together the most detailed map yet of fisheries around the globe, which sheds light on just how intensive industrial fishing has become.

Read the fully story here on The Globe and Mail

February 22, 2018
  • The biggest threat to the world’s biggest creatures is hunting https://t.co/f9ikKD1p0f
    6 days ago
  • We are still eating the world's largest animals out of existence. Direct exploitation for meat and body parts the m… https://t.co/QZkiyNv6zK
    6 days ago
  • Learning about the ocean in a deep way: https://t.co/EDvK3KLlqX @OceanSchoolNow @4oceanliteracy @StudentsOnIce
    31 days ago
  • How to make the next Green New Deal work! Fantastic piece on how to achieve carbon neutrality https://t.co/DTkvKp5Y6t
    38 days ago
  • Happy 2019, Pale Blue Dot. A timely reminder by Carl Sagan https://t.co/SkHhYCxHUQ via @YouTube
    42 days ago
  • Protected waters exploited by industrial fishing even more than unprotected areas, scientists find /via… https://t.co/z3jR480t2B
    60 days ago
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