Author Archives: the empty sea

“The beauty of the seas is worth living for and dying for“

I have traveled across vast oceans in my lifetime, it’s a sight to behold, the sun rising and falling into it, takes my breath away every time. The deep blue sea has mysteries to discover, we pardon the pun have not even scratched the surface. The underwater world is still full of mysteries as we […]

“The burning sea needs to be saved. But how? is the question on most people’s mind”

We as a people on earth have been extracting its resources for millennia. We have savaged the lands, so much so that a large portion of its inhabitants has disappeared. Now the sea is on our hitlist. We have damaged its ecosystem for quite a few decades by discharging pollutants into the water, and overexploiting […]

“What do you see when you stare at the sea? Is it life or death? Pretty soon it will only be the latter”

BACKGROUND OF THE EMPTY SEA AUTHORS Dr. Ilaria Perissi the co-author of The Empty Sea: The Future of the Blue Economy is a physical chemistry graduate, and mostly focuses on biophysical economics and climate change mitigation at the University of Florence where she is an assistant professor. She was also given the Marie Skodowska-Curie Actions […]