An unprecedented revolution is taking place quietly in the relationship between man and the sea. So powerful that it generates a new division of the world. Renewable energy, minerals and metals, genetic resources, food algae, gas and oil – not to mention these fascinating bioluminescent phytoplanktons capable of informing armies -… the exploitation of the sea has been growing for ten years as discreet as it is lightning fast.
Stimulated by cutting-edge technologies – sensors, algorithms doped with artificial intelligence, drones, biotechnologies, space imaging – this blue revolution arouses the lust of actors with antagonistic interests.
Who will benefit the most from it? Will new « blue empires » be created? What will be the new SpaceX of the abyss? After overexploiting the land, will we also siphon the resources of the oceans? Journalist Guillaume Pitron conducted the investigation for three years with the ambition to reveal the springs and hidden actors of the industrialization of the seas.
