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Environment - current issues Atlantic Ocean, in 34 editions.

The entry for Atlantic Ocean published Environment - current issues in 34 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2024. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Environment - current issues in every entry.

editions changed the text
8
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2024

Published as “Environment” (1990 to 1996), “Environment - current issues” (1997 to 2024), “Environment-current issues” (1998) and “Environment--current issues” (1999).

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2024 edition

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  • endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales;
  • unsustainable exploitation of fisheries (over fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species);
  • pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills, plastics from improperly disposed waste);
  • municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina;
  • oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea;
  • industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea

endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales; unsustainable exploitation of fisheries (over fishing, unregulated bottom trawling, drift net fishing, discards, catch of non-target species); pollution (maritime transport, discharges, offshore drilling, oil spills); spills, plastics from improperly disposed waste); municipal sludge pollution off eastern US, southern Brazil, and eastern Argentina; oil pollution in Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Lake Maracaibo, Mediterranean Sea, and North Sea; industrial waste and municipal sewage pollution in Baltic Sea, North Sea, and Mediterranean Sea

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Atlantic Ocean: Environment - current issues.” The World Factbook, 1990–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/atlantic-ocean/environment-current-issues.

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