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Latest News and Resources for Ocean Planners and Managers

by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Jan 21, 2020

  • New report describes expected impacts of climate change on global ocean economy
  • Ocean acidification could cost US fisheries, tourism, and coastal communities billions
  • Ocean deoxygenation increasingly threatens species and ecosystems
  • Global wave patterns will change drastically with further global warming
  • New research able to link frequency of most damaging hurricanes to climate change
  • New study assesses changes in fish distribution due to climate change
  • Draft treaty on conservation and sustainable use of high seas marine life available for review
  • Wales publishes new national marine plan
  • New tool helps coastal cities identify financial, political, ecological risks from climate change
  • New underwater robotic gliders measure ocean noise levels
  • New tool tracks vessels at high risk for IUU fishing
  • Project will enable study of environmental changes on ocean microbes
  • Larval fish eating microplastics in their nursery habitats
  • Latest studies suggest Arctic Ocean may be ice-free for part of year by 2044
  • Oldest and thickest Arctic Ocean sea ice disappearing twice as fast as other sea ice
  • Input requested on coastal management challenges, will inform US national research investments

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