EIB: Clean oceans and the blue economy overview
The ocean is the largest carbon sink on the planet. It absorbs a quarter of all CO2 emissions from human activity, and captures 90% of the excess heat. But a wide range of human activities, from burning fossil fuels to overfishing, have been harming this vast resource for years. By increasing the ocean’s absorption of carbon dioxide, global warming is acidifying it and reducing oxygen levels in the water, harming