It started around 2011 when the waves washed more and more dead fish onto the beaches of Western AustraliaThe cause was soon identified: a gigantic surge of hot water was to blame, which devastated the kelp forests and killed numerous sea creatures, including economically important ones such as abalone, scallops, and lobsterIn the […]

Oceans occupy more than 70% of the Earth’s surfaceThey are a crucial component of global material cycles and provide habitat for a large variety of plants and animalsThe oceans are therefore essential for human life on our planetThe coasts are an elementary habitat and economic area for almost half of the world’s […]