Question

when enric sala was a young boy, he was gifted to the television screen watching famed undersea explorer jacques cousteau document life in the oceans depths. excited to see vast blue seas (teeming with fascinating fish and marine creatures), sala looked toward to snorkeling off the mediterranean coast—but what did he find when he got there? just some snowwood and a few fish the size of his hand. later he learned that over many decades the mediterranean sea had been overfished. disappointed by what he saw (and what he didnt see), sala decided that he wanted to become a marine biologist so that he could study the impacts of fishing on ocean life. he eventually became a professor at the scripps institution of oceanography in la jolla, california. as all of the ocean places he loved so much continued to decline, dr. sala says he found himself writing the obituary of nature with increasing precision. i felt like a doctor telling the patient how she is going to die, with excruciating detail. it was that patient, i would have fired myself and looked for a doctor who would look for a solution, says sala. now a national geographic explorer-in-residence, sala is working to revive his patient through conservation efforts aimed at protecting the last pristine marine ecosystems in the world. sala has helped protect multiple marine areas, including the pacific remote islands marine national monument, the mariana trench marine national monument, and the main hawaiian islands marine national monument. which of the following is not a problem addressed by the pristine seas project? overfishing marine pollution sea temperature rise deforestation

Explanation:

The passage mentions overfishing (Mediterranean Sea had been overfished), but there is no mention of deforestation in relation to the Pristine Seas project. Marine pollution could be related to general marine issues (though not explicitly detailed here but still more relevant than deforestation which is land - based), and sea temperature rise could be part of broader ocean - related climate impacts (even if not the main focus).

Answer:

Deforestation