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France 24
France 24
Environment
Lou ROMÉO

Biodiversity: Ocean 'dead zones' are proliferating due to global warming

A green sea turtle swims near Gorgona Island in the Pacific Ocean off the southwestern Colombian coast, on December 2, 2021. © AFP file

As the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity got under way in Montreal on Wednesday, FRANCE 24 spoke to marine biologist Françoise Gaill about marine “dead zones” and their link to global warming.  

One of the main goals of the 15th UN conference on biodiversity, known as the COP15, is to ensure the protection of 30 percent of all marine ecosystems on the planet. Though conservation efforts are often focused on the species found on land, oceans and seas are home to a wide range of species whose survival is threatened by several factors.  

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