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Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Nov 6, 2017

  • New article explores drivers, timelines, costs, and limitations of marine adaptation strategies
  • Global atmospheric CO2 levels hit record high
  • Summary of environmental policy changes under US Trump administration
  • Over US$8 billion pledged to ocean issues at 2017 Our Ocean Conference
  • Washington State (US) releases draft marine spatial plan for Pacific Coast; feedback requested by December 12
  • New case studies posted for the US Northeast Ocean Data Portal and US Mid-Atlantic Ocean Data Portal
  • World’s first floating wind farm now delivering electricity to the Scottish grid
  • Scientists calculate that large-scale wind farms in the North Atlantic could power the entire world during fall and winter
  • Eastern Caribbean countries get US$6.3 million grant to protect marine resources and stimulate blue growth
  • Study identifies opportunities for blue growth in EU Outermost Regions and their sea basins (Caribbean-Amazonia, south-west Indian Ocean and Macaronesia)
  • Blue Solutions seeking practitioners working on climate change adaptation and mitigation in Southeast Asia
  • New policy brief examines role and potential for citizen science in marine research and policy

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