'Seas the day': How choices made now will determine the future of the ocean economy

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New analysis explores how governments and businesses could build a sustainable ocean economy that creates over 180 million jobs worldwide by 2050

The world's oceans are under pressure like never before. Acidification, sea level rise, pollution, and overfishing are combining to despoil precious habitats and ratchet up the climate impacts already...

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