Many misunderstand ocean basics with nearly one in five unaware of its size

Many Brits do not understand key facts about the ocean – including almost a fifth (16%) who do not know our planet is covered by more ocean than land, and one in four (25%) unaware that in some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high, according to the results of a survey commissioned by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the international non-profit and ecolabel. While 69% correctly identified that overfishing is more widespread today than it was 50 years ago, 31% wrongly thought fish populations can never…

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