- New marine planning and management trainings added to Skimmer database
- New tools compilations added to Skimmer database
- New resource available for finding ocean webinars
- One-fifth of ocean floor now mapped (while less than one-fifth of deep sea life is identifiable)
- New study assesses vulnerability of shellfish aquaculture to climate change and ocean acidification
- Loss of endangered charismatic marine megafauna could have catastrophic impacts on marine ecosystems
- Experts call for a rethinking of how ocean data are collected, shared, and accessed
- Free smart buoys available to monitor reef temperature, wind, and waves in real time
- Step-by-step guide to ecosystem services valuation available
- New toolkit available for developing a coastal restoration project
- New model predicts ocean acidity up to five years in advance
- Study identifies coastal regions that would benefit most from ecosystem-based adaptation
- New report highlights value of seagrasses to environment and people
- Study finds existing mangroves provide US$65 billion in flood protection globally
- European Commission commits to protecting 30% of the EU’s land and oceans by 2030
- EU countries have overfished 8.78 million tons over last 20 years
- Finland releases draft national marine spatial plan
- Construction finished on US’s second offshore wind farm
- Responses requested to survey to improve understanding of the use of marine data
Some plastic pollution-related news and resources:
- Report and inventory of plastic pollution public policies from around the world now available
- Satellites combined with artificial intelligence can now detect small ocean plastics
- New guidelines for reporting microplastics allow research to be reproduced and compared
- Highest-ever concentration of microplastics on seafloor found in Mediterranean
- New report finds most companies not doing enough to fight plastic pollution
- Scientists find microplastics in sea spray
- Japan begins charging for plastic bags
Some deep-sea-related news and resources:
- Deep ocean marine species may be more at risk from climate change than surface dwellers
- Report suggests deep-sea mining would negatively impact ecosystems, biodiversity, fisheries, socioeconomics of Pacific island nations
- Cook Islands to allow deep-sea mining in coming year
- Experts say effective deep-sea management needs to consider climate change
- Paper calls for examination impacts of deep-sea mining on midwater ecosystems
Some more climate change-related news and resources:
- Rising water temperatures could endanger the mating of many fish species
- Climate change leading to big fish getting bigger and small fish getting smaller
- 2020 forecast to be the warmest year on record, even without El Niño event
- Antarctica warming at three times the global average rate
- New modeling predicts climate change will lead to increase in tropical phytoplankton
- Mangrove restoration can help countries meet carbon emissions goals
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Great Barrier Reef home to new underwater art museum
- Analyses revealing hotspots for recruiting and switching forced laborers in the fishing industry
- Recreational fishers increasingly targeting shark and rays
- Global recreational fishing catch estimated to be ~ 1% of total global fishing catches
- New research finds ship strikes affects at least 75 species, including dolphins, sharks, sea otters, seals, penguins, and sea turtles
- New study suggests killer whales migrate to tropics to molt
- Seabirds attracted to fishing vessels used to detect illegal fishing
- Lobsters and other animals all socially distance to avoid disease
- Comic-style guide to educate public about MPAs now available
- Deep sea expedition finds 47-m long siphonophore, world’s longest known animal