University of California: A Global Map of Human Impacts to Marine Ecosystems

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Maps in different categories such as fishing, climate change, and pollution were pulled together into a composite map that shows the impact of humans on the world's oceans. Analysis at the time (2008) showed that 40% of the world's oceans are "heavily affected by human activities."

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ecology, marine ecosystems

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human impact marine ecosystems, humans impact ecosystems, status of oceans, world's oceans, g.hs.12, g.hs.6 evidence of positive and negative human modification of the environment can be observed in the local community, g.hs.7, humans change ecosystems

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9th - 10th

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Social Studies & History