Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
Global Mangrove Alliance
Mangroves are critical ecosystems, bridging land, freshwater, and sea. They host tremendous diversity and protect and provide for countless coastal communities around the world.
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One Ocean Foundation Tourism
Coastal and marine areas are among the planet's most popular destinations, accounting for 50% of all global tourism and contributing 5.2 % to the global GDP.
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Attracta Mooney, et al., Financial Times
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the world’s oceans are approaching the limits of their capacity to absorb heat.
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CREO Advisory Energy Solutions
The private sector has a tremendous opportunity to capitalize on the growing momentum in global climate and sustainability (“climate”) finance.
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Andrew K. Sweetman, et al., Nature Geoscience
Deep-seafloor organisms consume oxygen, which can be measured by in situ benthic chamber experiments.
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NOAA, FAO Fisheries & Aquaculture
U.S. agency provided scientific expertise on the new guidelines.
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Cameron D. Bullen, et al., Fisheries & Aquaculture
Seaweed farming is widely promoted as an approach to mitigating climate change despite limited data on carbon removal pathways and uncertainty around benefits and risks at operational scales.
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Vassilis Kitidis et al., Nature Communications
Ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) reduces the concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) in seawater, leading to atmospheric carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
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The World Bank Fisheries & Aquaculture
A living framework to guide sustainable development in the world's fatest growing food sector.
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Taryn M. Garlock, et al., Nature Communications Fisheries & Aquaculture
Aquaculture is a rapidly growing food production technology, but there are significant concerns related to its environmental impact and adverse social effects.
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Audrey Porter, PBS Fisheries & Aquaculture
This series explores the groundbreaking work of dedicated fishers, aqua farmers, and scientists who are attempting what was once thought impossible: harvesting aquatic species to feed our growing planet while saving our oceans.
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The Biden Administration Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
As climate impacts on our ocean continue to intensify, it will be critical to build on the strong momentum for ocean climate action generated over the last several years and continue to take bold action to address the climate crisis.
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Brian F. O’Neill, et al., Environmental Justice
Recent oceans sustainability, coastal community development, and ocean governance policy discourse among academics and practitioners increasingly invokes “equity” and “ocean equity.” But, to what end?
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SeaAhead, Orsted, Venterra Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
This whitepaper focuses on the potential of offshore wind innovation in biodiversity protection, highlights technology and startups in the “bluetech” landscape, and classifies startups based upon their impact in the sector.
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World Fund & Katapult Ocean Fisheries & Aquaculture
Macroalgae have been referred to as ‘nature’s superhero’, and the UN has called for a ‘seaweed revolution’ to help combat climate change. But how exactly is seaweed a climate solution?
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Boston University, Phys Org
A new study offers first-time insights into three emerging climate innovations to safeguard or increase the carbon naturally captured by ocean and coastal ecosystems: rapid interventions to save the Great Barrier Reef, satellite-tracked kelp beds in the deep ocean, and seagrass nurseries in the United Kingdom.
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European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries & Joint Research Centre Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The new edition of the EU Blue Economy Report is out, offering an in-depth analysis of European blue economy sectors and their performances based on the latest available data.
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UNESCO / IOC
The State of the Ocean Report has the ambition to inform policymakers about the state of the ocean and to stimulate research and policy actions towards ‘the ocean we need for the future we want’, contributing to the 2030 Agenda and in particular SDG 14, as well as other global processes such as the UNFCCC, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Karen Filbee-Dexter, et al., Nature Geoscience Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
The coastal ocean represents an important global carbon sink and is a focus for interventions to mitigate climate change and meet the Paris Agreement targets while supporting biodiversity and other ecosystem functions.
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Derek Lemoine & Sarah Kapnick, Nature Communications
Scientific agencies spend substantial sums producing and improving forecasts of seasonal climate, but they do so without much information about these forecasts’ value in practice.
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