has urged countries to end an "orgy of destruction" and pass a deal to halt and reverse habitat loss.
"It shows that we are having quite a devastating impact on marine species," Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the IUCN Red List, told Reuters. Hilton-Taylor said the portion of marine species facing extinction was likely much higher than current data shows because those analysed so far have tended to be widespread fish species, not currently under threat.
Among the threats they face are the loss of their main food source, seagrass, due to oil and gas exploration and production in the case of Mozambique and pollution from nickel mining in the Pacific.
Global human overpopulation. Shout it from the rooftops.
So if we only have explored roughly 5% of the ocean, and 10% of THAT sealife is in danger, that means 90% of what we know and 100% of what we don’t know is good? Idk I’m stoned
Devastating, heartbreaking, we need to take care of the oceans.