Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Evan Jeffries & Richard Lee, WWF
This is the world’s watershed moment. The climate crisis is intensifying at terrifying speed, impacting societies, economies and ecosystems across the globe – mostly through water. Every day, the news is full of reports about yet another catastrophic flood, devastating drought, or record-breaking storm.
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National Science and Technology Council Plastics & Pollution
Today the Biden-Harris Administration and NOAA released the National Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Research Strategy to advance safe and effective research on the benefits, risks and tradeoffs of marine carbon dioxide removal.
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Mengyang Zhou, et al., Nature Plastics & Pollution
To limit global warming to below 2 °C by 2100, CO2 removal from the atmosphere will be necessary.
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High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy
Launched at COP16 In Cali, Colombia in 2024, this Blue Paper, ‘Co-producing Sustainable Ocean Plans with Indigenous and traditional knowledge holders‘ explores how Indigenous and traditional knowledge can be integrated into policymaking processes to create Sustainable Ocean Plans.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar, et al., Carbon Brief
The COP16 biodiversity summit came to an abrupt halt after countries failed to reach consensus on the creation of a new fund during a mammoth 10-hour final plenary session.
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Michai Robertson, et al., Ocean & Climate Platform, ORRAA
A Roadmap for the United Nations framework convention on climate change.
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Standard Chartered
The ocean is a vital tool in the fight against climate change, absorbing almost all the planet’s excess heat and a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions.
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Dominic Hofstetter & Dr. Jess Daggers, TransCap Initiative
A Case Study of Systemic Investing.
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Sive Einarsson, et al., HUB Ocean
A report by the Ocean Data Action Coalition, under the leadership of HUB Ocean and with input from the UN Ocean Decade Corporate Data Group.
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Rachel Scott, et al., Frontiers Tourism
Implementation of coral restoration practices within reef management strategies is accelerating globally to support reef resilience and recovery.
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Micheline Khan, High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy
The second progress report from the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.
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Back to Blue, Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation
Ocean acidification and biodiversity loss: Connecting the dots with data is a report written by Economist Impact for Back to Blue, an initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation. The purpose of this report is to highlight the need for ocean scientists to prove causal links between ocean acidification (OA) and damage to marine species, and the challenges involved in doing so.
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Copernicus
The OSR 8 is a flagship report, which provides a comprehensive overview of the current state, ongoing trends and natural variations of the ocean.
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World Economic Forum
The entry into force of the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ Agreement) marks a historic moment. This white paper presents practical insights into the agreement’s implications from companies operating in these areas.
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Elizabeth Yankovsky, et al., EGUSphere Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Limiting global warming to 2 °C by the end of the century requires dramatically reducing CO2 emissions, and also implementing carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
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Ken O. Buesseler, et al., Frontiers Plastics & Pollution
There are many potential approaches to marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR), of which ocean iron fertilization (OIF) has the longest history of study.
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Aly Rose, David Siap, CREO Energy Solutions
The offshore wind resource is massive, 71 TW per the World Bank. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global offshore wind resource is 18x the world’scurrent electricity demand and, of this, 80% is floatingand 20% is fixed.
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Laetitia Parc, et al., Plastics & Pollution
Rain alters local sea surface physical and biogeochemical properties but its spatiotemporal variability has led to its overlook in global ocean carbon uptake studies.
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Warren Cornwall, Science Fisheries & Aquaculture
An ambitious strategy aims to cool the planet by dumping farmed seaweed on the sea floor. Will it work?
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Martin Johnson, et al., University of California Press Plastics & Pollution
In this Policy Bridge, we present the key issues regarding the safety, efficacy, funding, and governance of coastal and marine systems in support of climate change mitigation.
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