Strengthening Ocean Conservation Globally by Connecting People, Telling Stories, Sharing Science
R/V Falkor (too) successfully conducted a sea ice to seafloor transect in the Weddell Sea, livestreaming the polar seafloor worldwide. PUNTA ARENAS, Chile— After a year of preparing the ship and crew, …
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By Maria Jose Castaneda. Along the coasts of the world’s temperate and tropical oceans thrives a group of plants crucial in the fight against climate change: seagrass meadows. Although seagrasses …
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On North American shores, student and faculty researchers at Monmouth University have recorded the first confirmation of the anemone species Actinia equina, also known as the beadlet anemone. A common …
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Science is essential to society. It helps us to better understand the world around us and solve complex and impactful problems, such as fisheries and coral reef declines, changes in …
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A recently published study in the journal Biological Conservation highlights how small grants can address ocean conservation challenges in a manner that promotes social equity. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately impacted by …
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Curtin University researchers, in collaboration with international experts, are searching WA’s northern coastline for an important and abundant but little-known group of marine slugs, the Onchidiidae. These air-breathing slugs live on …
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President Trump has officially withdrawn the United States from the Paris Agreement, a move that weakens global efforts to combat climate change and undermines years of international cooperation. This decision …
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By Deborah Rowan Wright Can we set a longer-term target aiming to safeguard the whole global ocean from harmful exploitation and land and sea-sourced pollution by 2050? Genuine ocean protection …
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Over dinner last week a friend asked me about different options for carbon removal. When I mentioned iron fertilization, he had no idea what I was talking about, so when …
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“Hope is a survival trait, and without it, we perish.” Jane Goodall describes hope as creating a plan and setting a course to move forward despite knowing there will be …
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