- Study shows few downsides to incorporating climate change in ocean planning
- Researchers map ocean areas that can protect biodiversity, help fisheries, AND provide carbon benefits
- Most ocean use revenues go to small number of corporations
- New satellites will track global carbon and methane emissions
- Climate change already making equator too warm for many marine species
- In ~2025, lunar cycle will start accelerating sea level rise
- Scientists using dynamic modeling to forecast marine heatwaves
- Carbon emissions from bottom trawling similar to those of aviation industry
- Special issue of Parks Journal on protected area and COVID-19 pandemic
- Lack of thiamine disrupting some marine ecosystems
- Darkening of coastal waters could alter ecosystems
- Surface slicks provide critical nursery habitat for marine invertebrates and fish
- IUCN reclassifies additional 39 shark and ray species as threatened
- US NOAA launching model to predict rip currents up to six days in advance
- Scotland’s floating wind farm outperforming wind farms closer to shore
- US approves first large-scale offshore wind project; other major US projects in the works
- Ocean data coalition launches “ocean avatar” for research and management
- UN releases integrated assessment of global ocean environment, economy, society
- Coral atlases for Central Indian Ocean, Great Barrier Reef, Torres Strait, Western Australia, Southeastern Asia, the Philippines, South China Sea available
Some more fisheries-related news and resources:
- Seawater DNA analysis offers cheaper, quicker, noninvasive assessment of fish stocks
- Satellites help determine extent of forced labor in world’s fishing fleet
- New toolkit helps managers and practitioners make good decisions for finfish aquaculture
- New toolkit helps strengthen small-scale fishery governance
- Environmental DNA in sea floor sediments can help chart fish populations over centuries
Some more plastic pollution-related news and resources:
- Plastic consumption of marine fish doubled in last decade
- Study suggests 1,000+ rivers – not just handful – sending significant plastic to ocean
- Report documents “hidden” impacts of chemical and plastic pollution on marine life
- New report examines environmental justice impacts of plastic pollution
- Plastic industry project to clean up ocean waste fails to meet goals and shuts down
- High levels of microplastics found in Antarctic/Southern Ocean deep sea sediments
- Study suggests oceans may be launching microplastics into atmosphere
Some more deep sea-related news and resources:
- Ecosystem and biodiversity risks of deep seabed mining outlined
- Human immune systems do not detect many deep sea microbes
- Three companies dominate deep sea exploration contracts with lax oversight
- Biomimicking “soft” robot navigates Marianas Trench, shows future of deep sea exploration
- Deep sea plastic provides habitat for benthic organisms
- Deep sea trails provide strong evidence that adult sea sponges are motile
- Deep waters in Southern Ocean warming fast, threaten Antarctica ice sheet
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Report recommends aquaculture of seaweeds, bivalves to improve welfare, reduce risk
- Animal welfare movement increasingly looking at treatment of fish in aquaculture
- Video depicts dangers of shipping for blue whales
- Climate change causing earth’s poles to shift more rapidly
- Scientists get rare glimpse at ecosystems under Antarctic ice shelves
- Ten remarkable marine species discovered in 2020