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Only 4% Of The Ocean Is Pristine
There is a much used adage regarding the ocean that goes something like this: we know more about our solar system than our ocean. Whether or not one believes this to be true (less than 5% of the ocean has been explored), a group of over twenty researchers, by agglomerating the available information on the oceans, have created a large-scale image of the ocean's health.
Compiling massive amounts of data from professional literature and research on marine ecosystems, the researchers created the first map displaying the extent of human impact on marine ecosystems.
"A series of papers have highlighted the role humans are having on the degradation of the oceans through specific activities. It's timely to put it all together—to show how all the different effects sum up," explained Dr. Fiorenza Micheli, associate professor of biology at Stanford and lead author of the study.
Compiling massive amounts of data from professional literature and research on marine ecosystems, the researchers created the first map displaying the extent of human impact on marine ecosystems.
"A series of papers have highlighted the role humans are having on the degradation of the oceans through specific activities. It's timely to put it all together—to show how all the different effects sum up," explained Dr. Fiorenza Micheli, associate professor of biology at Stanford and lead author of the study.
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