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PostJune 9, 2021

Blue water thinking

Addressing the challenges of warming, rising seas is essential for global sustainability on multiple fronts, but two are particularly stark. One is coastal habitats: as the world’s coastlines recede and are degraded, the homes and livelihoods of the one-in-three of the world's people who live along its coasts will likely be irrevocably changed in this generation. The second is global food supplies.

Now, there are a number of companies and technologies working to combat the effects of climate change on marine ecosystems can evoke thrilling acts of derring-do on the high seas, writes MIT Technology Review Insights.

Read the full article at: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/02/1025623/blue-water-thinking/

 

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