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Protecting the seas and oceans: how can it be done?
… three quarters of the Earth's surface. The oceans play a key role in the climate system, as they absorb around a third of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced by … via rivers, direct discharges and the air and have harmful impacts on the marine ecosystem. But human activities on the high seas, such as global shipping , industrial … in warming and ocean acidification have additional global impacts on marine ecosystems, as well as technological interventions through marine geoengineering with …