Billions of people around the world rely on the ocean for food, income and cultural identity. But climate change, overfishingand habitat destruction are unraveling ocean ecosystems. As a marine ecologist, I study ways to improve ocean conservation and management by protecting key areas of the ocean. Many nations have created or promised to create marine More

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