- New marine planning and management trainings added to Skimmer database
- New game added to Skimmer database
- Next-generation financing mechanisms for the ocean covered in new report
- Report describes pathways for sustainable coastal development
- Human infrastructure covers more than 30,000 km2 of seafloor
- Ocean stratification increasing – intensifying storms, decreasing carbon storage, disrupting marine ecosystems
- 2020 busiest hurricane season on record
- Scientists link marine heatwaves to anthropogenic climate change
- 2020 has warmest September on record
- US top source of global plastic waste in 2016
- Inventory and searchable database of plastic pollution prevention and cleanup technologies available
- Report reveals how big business stymies plastic pollution prevention
- 11% of plastic waste enters environment and may double in decade without increased mitigation
- Report documents dangers and solutions for ghost fishing gear
- Study estimates 5% expansion in global MPA network could increase fisheries catch by 20%
- New version of MPA Atlas documents how well protected and effective MPAs are
- Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its corals since 1990s
- New guide for coral reef restoration planning available (watch webinar on December 1)
- NOAA launches portal tracking key indicators for US coastal and marine ecosystems
- Most US coastal states weak on managing shorelines and preparing for sea level rise
- Cook Islands opens bidding for seabed mining exploration
- Seychelles finalizes marine spatial plan policy
- New tool allows users to access real-time global marine data
- Implementation plan for UN Decade of Ocean Science available
- Paper examines human economic, legal, institutional, social, cultural relationships with ocean
- Handbook provides process, methods, tools for engaging stakeholders in MSP
- Report analyzes size, scope, challenges, enablers of EU Blue Economy
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Jellyfish may be a major vector for carbon transfer to deep ocean
- Electromagnetic fields from submarine cables affecting some marine species
- Baleen and toothed whales at risk of catching COVID-19
- Smoke inhalation from wildfires may hurt marine mammals and wildfire runoff may harm fish
- Tear gas from protests may affect marine life
- How the California Coast got used as a dumping ground for DDT
- How the childcare crisis is hurting our ability to fight climate change