Friday, October 17, 2008

Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

In discussion we talked about how science may be used to measure the impact of humans on the environment. A recent paper by a UCSB graduate and ecologist addresses this very issue: A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems by Halpern et al (2008).

Why map the human impact on the world's oceans?
For more information see the NCEAS website link.

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