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Human activities put pressure on every part of Europe’s seas

News Published 09 Dec 2020 Last modified 09 Feb 2023

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Photo: © Pawel Nolbert, Unsplash

Many different human activities on land and at sea cause pressures on Europe’s seas. A European Environment Agency’s (EEA) briefing, published today, shows that these pressures have now reached the outermost sea areas and the deepest seafloor. Human activities affect negatively 93 % of Europe’s sea area.