No Pristine Oceans Left, New Map Shows Mason Inman
for National Geographic News
February 14, 2008
No areas of the world's oceans remain completely untouched by humanity's influence, according to a new study.
Every area of the oceans is feeling the effects of fishing, pollution, or human-caused global warming, the study says, and some regions are being affected by all of these factors and more.
A team led by Ben Halpern of the University of California, Santa Barbara, created the first global map that shows the various kinds of damage being done to marine ecosystems.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080214-oceans.html There is no untouched wilderness left, only wilderness that has suffered less damage. We can protect a single place, or a single species, but unless we can also keep the biosphere intact, that protection is ultimately futile.
How will the whales survive if great areas of the oceans are dead and they have no food?
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