There will be numerous failed technologies on the future seas of change, but with so many ships of innovation being launched, many will undoubtedly reach the far shores.

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For some fishermen in the northern seas, climate change seemed like a total win: as oceans warmed, fish moved northward, meaning a bigger catch.

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Cornish seas have been known to change from as calm as a lake one day to a perfect storm the next.

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One new element that will be included in the report will be the impact of climate change, with information on warming seas and ocean acidification.

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And the Argentine Republic has recently launched a satellite in cooperation with NASA. And one of the features of this satellite is that it can be used to measure the salinity of the seas and the impact this has on climate change.

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But some people believe change is coming so fast that the northern seas will open up much earlier than expected.

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As the seas rise, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change calculates that another 35m will have crossed into India by 2050.

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Our seas and oceans face a series of major threats, including climate change and over-fishing.

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Runaway climate change could spur an island nation doomed to drown under rising seas or a wealthy entrepreneur with do-good intentions to deliberately inject sunlight-reflecting particles high into the stratosphere in a bid to cool the planet, the World Economic Forum warns.

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