First mapping of global marine wilderness shows just how little remains

reporting in Current Biology on July 26 have completed the first systematic analysis of marine wilderness around the world. And what they found is not encouraging; only a small fraction — about 13 percent — of the world’s ocean can still be classified as wilderness.

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