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Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time – EurekAlert
In a world-first, the extent of human development in oceans has been mapped. An area totalling approximately 30,000 square kilometres – the equivalent of 0.008 percent of the ocean – has been modified by human construction, a study led by Dr Ana Bugnot from t…
IMAGE: A map showing the physical footprint of marine construction globally, in square kilometres.
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Credit: Bugnot et al., ‘Current and projected global extent of marine built structures’, Nature Sustainability.
In a world-first, the extent of human development in oceans has been mapped. An area totalling approximately 30,000 square kilometres – the equivalent of 0.008 percent of the ocean – has been modified by human construction, a study led by Dr Ana Bugnot from the University o…
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