The sea is suffering and being suffocated by human activity. This is according to initial data from the Sea Care project in 2023.
The sea is suffering and being suffocated by human activity. This is according to initial data from the Sea Care project in 2023.
The sea is suffering due to the impact of human activities. This was the consensus reached by experts at the 'Sea and Health' conference held at the ISS in 2023, the inaugural year of the Sea Care project.
"The sea plays a central role in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem, which also affects our health and well-being," said Andrea Piccioli, Director General of the ISS. "That is why we are trying to systematize all our knowledge in order to assess the sea's state of health according to a 'one-water' for 'one-health' approach. The footprint of human activity is evident at all latitudes, as demonstrated by our initial voyages to four of the planet's oceans and ten of its seas, where we found persistent chemicals used over the last fifty years, as well as traces of the recent SARS-CoV-2 virus — an unexpected result for us."
