Ocean damage threatens economic wellbeing, says Céline Cousteau

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Jacques Cousteau's grand-daughter warns climate change and pollution are putting oceans' ability to provide food and medicines at risk

The vast oceans that cover 70 per cent of the planet's surface have barely been explored, yet are increasingly under threat from climate change, over-fishing, and a variety of other impacts related to...

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