Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Callum Roberts, The Pew Charitable Trusts
The consequences of our taking resources from the sea were once limited to local scales. Today, exploitation, depletion, and loss affect us all.
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Charles Pekow, Mongabay Plastics & Pollution
At the end of February, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will tackle a challenging task: the creation of a landmark treaty to control plastic pollution worldwide.
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Moreira, A. et al., Reviews in Aquaculture Fisheries & Aquaculture
Green macroalgae (Chlorophyta) currently represent a residual fraction (<1%) of global seaweed biomass production landings.
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Barrett, L.T. et al., Ecosystem Services Fisheries & Aquaculture
Investment in extractive or ‘non-fed’ aquaculture has been proposed as a partial solution for sustainable food provision. An important aspect is the potential for aquaculture-environment interactions to influence the provision of ecosystem services.
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Dixon, A.M. et al., PLOS Climate
Thermal refugia underpin climate-smart management of coral reefs, but whether current thermal refugia will remain so under future warming is uncertain.
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Eos: Science News by AGU
In our February issue, Eos reports on the study of the ocean and our relationship to it, in the spirit of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
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World Wildlife Fund Plastics & Pollution
A new report commissioned by WWF provides the most comprehensive account to date of the extent to which plastic pollution is affecting the global ocean, the impacts it’s having on marine species and ecosystems, and how these trends are likely to develop in future.
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International Finance Corporation, World Bank Group
Guidance for financing the Blue Economy, building on the Green Bond Principles and the Green Loan Principles.
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Royle, J. et al., Global Environmental Change Plastics & Pollution
Developing a common understanding of a jurisdiction’s plastic waste stream and the solutions available to decision-makers is vital to build consensus across stakeholders and to align on an evidence-based portfolio of priority instruments.
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Nicola Frost, et al., World Resources Institute
Unsustainable development along coastlines is destroying vital marine ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests.
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The Nature Conservancy Fisheries & Aquaculture
There is a pressing need to provide food for people within planetary limits—including new approaches that actively restore ecosystem health.
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Jones, A.R. et al., BioScience Fisheries & Aquaculture
Mariculture products may offer a climate-friendly, high-protein food source, because they often have lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emission footprints than do the equivalent products farmed on land.
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Mark Betancourt, Eos Energy Solutions
Ocean thermal energy conversion could power the world’s tropical islands, if it ever gets out of the “innovation valley of death.”
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Senko, J.F. et al., Current Biology Fisheries & Aquaculture
Illuminated gillnets reduce total discarded fisheries bycatch biomass. This includes decreases in elasmobranch, Humboldt squid, and finfish bycatch.
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Blue Action Fund Fisheries & Aquaculture
The Blue Action Fund is celebrating its five-year anniversary by sharing inspirational stories of the projects and people impacted by our work to support ocean protection and sustainable coastal livelihoods.
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Rachel Ramirez, CNN
That a coral reef so large and so beautiful had yet to be discovered emphasizes how little we still know about the world's oceans, scientists say.
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Environmental Investigation Agency Plastics & Pollution
The toxic pollution resulting from rampant overproduction of virgin plastics and their lifecycles is irreversible, directly undermines our health, drives biodiversity loss, exacerbates climate change, and risks generating large-scale harmful environmental changes.
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Douglas Wallace, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices
The oceans should no longer be ignored in Canada’s efforts to reach net zero.
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Cheng, L. et al., Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
The increased concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from human activities traps heat within the climate system and increases ocean heat content (OHC).
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Mirza, Z. et al., Center for American Progress Fisheries & Aquaculture
For the 50th anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the United States must ensure that sanctuaries are able to fulfill their mandate of protecting the ocean and Great Lakes and preserving their cultural history.
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