Stockholm Resilience Centre 34d ago

Companies and governments are rushing to the ocean to feed humanity, fuel global economies and trade, and reverse climate change. We are asking a lot of the vast blue expanse that covers two-thirds of our planet. Are we asking too much? In this Stockholm Seminar, Professor Ben Halpern, director of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in UC Santa Barbara addresses the potential and risks associated with global efforts to use the ocean to extract resources that could transform our relationship with the planet and its sustainability.