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The negative effects of seismic surveys are not just limited to marine life, but they can ultimately lead to the extraction of fossil fuels from the ocean that risk environmental damage and will drive climate change in the long term, scientists have warned.
Three members of the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) steering committee, Professor Jerome Sing, Aliza le Roux, and Dr Sershen Naidoo recently authored a paper that considers the effects of seismic surveys and the resulting extraction of hydrocarbons such as oil and gas. SAGE is part of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
The peer-reviewed paper, Marine seismic surveys for hydrocarbon exploration: What’s at stake? was recently published in the SA Journal of Science. It follows a previous advisory by SAGE which called for improved legislation to protect the marine environment, especially when it comes to exploration.
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