State of our oceans

Just as the ocean is revealing its mysteries, we're finding out how delicate its many ecosystems are.

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The basking shark needs to eat huge quantities of plankton and small invertebrates, and swims thousands of miles each year to follow the best supply.

Atlas of Oceans by John Farndon, is available from Australian Geographic.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Atlas of Oceans

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Frosty

29 Apr 2011

I would have thought that Human-Induced Climate Change is now the biggest threat to the oceans and life in it.
Overfishing is certainly a major problem but I'm convinced that HICC is the big one. Report