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Bad Idea #12 "There’s nothing down there" with Callum Roberts
🔍 Episode Summary:
What if the largest living space on Earth was being plundered before we even understood it?
In this timely episode, Mark Lynas speaks with marine conservationist Callum Roberts, Professor at the University of Exeter and lead author of a new Nature commentary calling for full protection of the high seas.
They challenge the pervasive (and dangerous) idea that the deep ocean is just a lifeless void — free for mining, overfishing, and exploitation. Callum explains why the high seas cover nearly half the planet’s surface and are a critical part of Earth’s life-support system…
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