Every ship leaving a shipyard with a substandard water treatment system will pollute the oceans for the next 25 years.This is a hidden crisis that fails to reach the public even though it is pretty established among those ever sailed on a commercial vessel and even some regulatory bodies, yet its impact on our marine ecosystems is devastating.The MARPOL Convention, which governs ship pollution, is simply not enough…
'50 Years From Now' was published in the Oceanology International 50th Anniversary Edition published by Marine Technology Reporter. Here we present insights from one of the legends in the field, Martin Klein. (*Editor's Note: This was written…