Articles | Volume 45
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-343-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-343-2018
22 Nov 2018
 | 22 Nov 2018

Ethical recommendations for ocean observation

Michèle Barbier, Anja Reitz, Katsiaryna Pabortsava, Anne-Cathrin Wölfl, Tobias Hahn, and Fred Whoriskey

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Short summary
Marine scientific understanding is fundamental to managing human activities that affect this environment, and ocean observations have a particularly important role in enhancing the knowledge base of our oceans. Scientists have to act in an ethical way and apply all the fundamental principles. This article is an attempt to highlight the core values applicable to ocean observation, which can then be improved and adopted as part of geoethics and the stewardship of the Earth system.