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Study Shows Bottom Trawling Releases As Much Carbon As Air Travel

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Rick SpilmanJanuary 30, 2022

A ground-breaking study suggests that bottom trawling, a fishing practice in which heavy nets are dragged along the seabed, may be releasing more than a billion metric tons of carbon every year, which is comparable to carbon dioxide produced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships | Tagged Bottom Trawling, Carbon, seabed sediment
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