Science Round-up

This issue explores:

• Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans. 
• Half a century of rising extinction risk of coral reef sharks and rays. 
• The evolution of ocean literacy: A new framework for the United Nations Ocean Decade and beyond.

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – January 2023

This issue explores:

• Globally unequal effect of extreme heat on economic growth.
• Hot spots of unseen fishing vessels.
• Seaweed afforestation at large scales exclusively for carbon sequestration: Critical assessment of risks, viability and the state of knowledge. 

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – November 2022

This issue explores:

• Industrialised fishing nations largely contribute to floating plastic pollution in the North Pacific subtropical gyre
• Global seaweed productivity
• Compound marine heatwaves and ocean acidity extremes.

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – September 2022

This issue explores:

• Vertically migrating phytoplankton fuel high oceanic primary production
• Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change
• Longest sediment flows yet measured show how major rivers connect efficiently to deep sea.

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – August 2022

This issue explores:

• A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation
• Chronic oiling in global oceans
• Return of large fin whale feeding aggregations to historical whaling grounds in the Southern Ocean

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – July 2022

This issue explores:

• Interbasin and interhemisphere impacts of a collapsed Atlantic Overturning Circulation
• Evidence that Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins self-medicate with invertebrates in coral reefs
• First evidence of microplastics in Antarctica snow

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – June 2022

This issue explores:

• High-resolution mapping of losses and gains of Earth’s tidal wetlands
• A globally consistent local-scale assessment of future tropical cyclone risk
• Surface warming-induced global acceleration of upper ocean currents

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – May 2022

This issue explores:

• Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the High Seas
• Revealing global risks of labour abuse and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing
• Trends in Europe storm surge extremes match the rate of sea-level rise

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – April 2022

This issue explores:

• Evaluation of MPA designs that protect highly mobile megafauna now and under climate change scenarios
• Monitoring global fishing activity in proximity to seamounts using automatic identification systems
• Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – March 2022

This issue explores:

• No recovery of a large-scale anthropogenic sediment disturbance on the Pacific seafloor after 77 years at 6460 m depth
• The recent normalization of historical marine heat extremes
• Timing and magnitude of climate-driven range shifts in transboundary fish stocks challenge their management

Continue reading Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – February 2022