Oceans can be successfully restored by 2050, say scientists

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Despite being treated as humanity's rubbish dump for decades, the oceans of the world are proving remarkably resilient, says a new scientific review. Building on that resilience could lead to a full recovery within three decades, the researchers argue.

The oceans have been exploited by humans for centuries, but the negative impacts of our involvement have only become clear over the last 50 years or so: fish and other marine species have been hunted almost to extinction, while oil spills and other forms of pollution have poisoned the seas.

This new review recognises the scale of the problems but also points to the remarkable resilience of the seas. Humpback whale numbers have rebounded since the ban on commercial whaling while the proportion of marine species assessed as threatened with global extinction by the IUCN has dropped from 18% in 2000 to 11.4% in 2019.

"Our study documents the recovery of marine populations, habitats and ecosystems following past conservation interventions. It provides specific, evidence-based recommendations to scale proven solutions globally," said lead author Carlos Duarte, who is professor of marine science at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

"We now have the skills and expertise to be able to restore vital marine habitats such as oyster reefs, mangrove swamps and salt marshes - which keep our seas clean, our coasts protected and provide food to support entire ecosystems," said co-author Prof Callum Roberts from the University of York, UK.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52122447

[Andreu 37,216]

A dream

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This is thanks to the world waking up to the problem.

But this also shows we're not going towards mass exctinctions and the end of planet Earth like some over exaggerating overly credited people are telling! 

Anyway, drama apart, that would be a LITERAL DREAM 

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Oh Dory

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5 hours ago, Infinity Wave said:

This is thanks to the world waking up to the problem.

But this also shows we're not going towards mass exctinctions and the end of planet Earth like some over exaggerating overly credited people are telling! 

Anyway, drama apart, that would be a LITERAL DREAM 

Yeah end of the planet is a very unlikely worst case scenario. Earth has always survived extreme events before and. Can certainly survive warming

 

The issue would be more disruption and damage. Worse storms, rising oceans, droughts, harder farming etc etc etc

 

But to the point of global extinction I doubt it

 

Nuclear war or some other human made disaster would be more likely to cause that if it were to happen I think

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Restored to what?

 

The earth is in constant state of change....

I think the damaging effects of humans need to stop ... for the longevity of everyone.  

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See Democrats? Nature can heal itself.

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51 minutes ago, Enchanting said:

See Democrats? Nature can heal itself.

The professor clearly said that humans have to increase their efforts to save it. Nature won't do that itself. 

Learn to read challenge 

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1 hour ago, Saeed said:

The professor clearly said that humans have to increase their efforts to save it. Nature won't do that itself. 

Learn to read challenge 

Actually.  cancel humans and will heal the heck outta  the oceans...

Current events are evidence...