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    • Chapter 1 – 6
      • Fish—Almost out of stock?
      • Are fish farms the future?
      • Fertilizer for the Dead Zones
      • Trash in the surf, poison in the sea
      • The Microplastic Problem
      • The danger of declining diversity
    • Chapter 7 – 12
      • How the ocean slows climate change
      • Warming waters and rising risks
      • Life in the Danger Zone
      • A corrosive future
      • Exploitation and protected areas
      • Who owns the ocean?
    • Chapter 13 – 18
      • Global Hunger for natural Resources
      • Where does the future lie
      • Destination: Ocean
      • World Trade and Price Wars
      • Living with the ocean
      • Towards a New Governance of the ocean
  • 12 Brief Lessons About the Ocean
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THE MICROPLASTIC PROBLEM

Beaches littered with plastic garbage, seabirds strangled by bits of plastic—these images are ubiquitous today. Yet we also see photos of people cleaning beaches and hear about plans for purifying the ocean. Are things actually improving?

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