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The practice of bottom trawling, which involves dragging heavy nets across the ocean floor, has recently been identified as a major source of carbon emissions into the atmosphere....
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A new study reveals that the marine act of ‘bottom trawling’ is responsible for injecting up to 370 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.
The study found that between 55%-60% of the carbon dioxide produced underwater by bottom trawling will make it into the atmosphere within nine years.
The method, called bottom trawling, resulted in 370 million metric tons of carbon emissions released every year between 1996 and 2020—40% of annual U.S. transportation emissions— according to researchers, who believe reducing global bottom trawling is essential in reducing carbon emissions.