Irish Examiner view: Beware this new race to the bottom of the ocean
Antonia Javier Santamria, Daneil Tomas Santamaria, and Monica Alessandra Santamaria at the launch of BirdWatch Ireland's publication detailing the 73 most important areas for seabirds in Ireland. Picture: Mark Stedman
Space, as Captain Kirk used to remind us, is the “final frontier”. But the environment that might concern us most in the next 50 years is the ocean.
As a country that has a long coastline, more than 7,500km of it, and extensive claims to the seabeds that surround us, we must pay close attention to what is happening on the seas, beneath them, and above the ocean waves.
