Our Planet Climate and Geopolitics
In one small corner, some hope for the world’s waters: the North Sea is having an ecological rebirth according to the Weekly Anthropocene newsletter, which notes a recovery of the herring population on Britain’s east coast as well as the return of bottlenose dolphins, humpback and minke whales and grey seals.
New fishing constraints and marine protected areas are believed to be behind this renaissance; so too is the rise in offshore wind.
Turbines can pose a variety of environmental risks including habitat loss, underwater noise, and mid-air collisions, but their foundations also act as artificial reefs.
These become home to crustacea and flora, which feed mussels, seals and other sea creatures.
