Rose George

Why must we be in constant battle with the ocean?

As we continue to fill the depths with plastic and radioactive waste, our coastlines are increasingly battered by tsunamis and erosion

Plastic waste on Juhu Beach, Mumbai, in 2018. [Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images]
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