About The Book

“The Empty Sea” is co-authored by Italian researcher Ilaria Perissi and professor Ugo Bardi. It explores the consequences of the overexploitation of the resources of the sea, from overfishing to dumping waste into it. Even though 70% of the world’s surface is covered in water, the sea is not infinite and we cannot keep using it as our supermarket and our waste bin at the same time. This book explains how things stand: overexploitation is reaching levels that cannot be ignored anymore. We seriously risk doing irreversible harm to the marine ecosystem.

“The Empty Sea” is based on updated scientific results, focussing on the sea’s marine life and the harms caused by pollution. But it also discusses the influence of the sea on human cultures and the sea’s natural beauty and how we can have a better relation to it. We need to change our habits, and to do that as soon as possible!