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CLIMATE targets and energy demands mean the human impact on the North Sea remains unavoidable. Even as oil and gas structures are decommissioned the offshore renewables industry is bringing the next phase of construction to northern waters. The impact of man-made structures on the marine environment has drawn increasing scientific attention, and several studies in recent years have discovered that nature beneath the waves is as capable of colonising artificial objects as is often seen on land where development and nature intertwine. Woven into the fibre of all climate change dialogue is the question of biodiversity loss. Future economic development, including that in the North Sea, needs to identify how we can protect, restore and manage the ecosystems our activities disrupt.