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UN Publishes Marine Atlas

Posted by michael on from the free-willy dept.

person-0.9a writes "To quote the first paragraph of the BBC story: "The UN is publishing an online atlas of the world's oceans to combat their unsustainable exploitation." You can read the BBC story, the CNN story, and view the atlas here." Hmmm, my DNS server doesn't like oceansatlas.org, but maybe it just hasn't updated yet.

13 comments

  1. Brand new site by PD · · Score: 2

    The DNS record was just created on June 5th. Probably just as well, since they likely haven't had time to load test the server

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    1. Re:Brand new site by PD · · Score: 2

      Whoops, it was updated on the 6th, apparently just 2 minutes ago. Sorry about the typo.

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  2. Atlas of the ocean? by Fantanicity · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope they don't run out of blue.

  3. good news for fishermen? by tps12 · · Score: 1

    Finally we will know where all the best waters are!

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  4. hey, a global fish map! by Synistyr · · Score: 1

    Now we can plan our cruises to go fishing right?

  5. Unsustainable? by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    Unsustainable by definition means it will stop on it's own, so why does it need to be combatted.

    1. Re:Unsustainable? by cp99 · · Score: 1

      Because of the damage it will do before it stops.

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  6. damn... by global_diffusion · · Score: 2

    Hmmm, my DNS server doesn't like oceansatlas.org, but maybe it just hasn't updated yet.

    I just get straight up denied.

  7. UN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So, the UN found time in between anti-Israel resolutions to do something useful. Kudos to them, and keep up the good work! If they continue lime this, they might actually become a useful organization.

  8. Uh-oh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    We've /.d the one world government.

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  9. That makes a little sense... by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    The article poster was giving the impression that there should be nothing to worry about.

  10. An even better site... the real one! by peizo · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.oceansatlas.com/index.jsp

    Who would'a thunk it?