Science Round-up

Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – May 2020

5 June, 2020

This issue explores:

Microplastic contamination in east Antarctica sea ice
Effects of a deep-sea mining experiment on seafloor microbial communities and functions after 26 years
Temperature-related biodiversity change across temperate marine and terrestrial systems

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – April 2020

30 April, 2020

This issue explores:

Changes in fish communities due to benthic habitat shifts under ocean acidification
Failures in the design and implementation of management plans of Marine Protected Areas: An empirical analysis for the North-east Atlantic Ocean
Failures in the design and implementation of management plans of Marine Protected Areas: An empirical analysis for the North-east Atlantic Ocean

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – March 2020

1 April, 2020

This issue explores:

Early Last Interglacial ocean warming drove substantial ice mass loss from Antarctica
Illicit trade in marine fish catch and its effects on ecosystems and people worldwide
Adjacency and due regard: The role of coastal States in the BBNJ treaty

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – February 2020

29 February, 2020

This issue explores:

Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs
Deep-reaching acceleration of global mean ocean circulation over the past two decades
Climate change mitigation and nature conservation both require higher protection area targets

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – January 2020

31 January, 2020

This issue explores:

Mobile Protected Areas for Biodiversity on the High Seas
Oxygen Deoxygenation: Everyone’s Problem – Causes, Impacts, Consequences and Solutions
Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – November

29 November, 2019

This issue explores:

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Can microplastics pose a threat to ocean carbon sequestration?
Global ocean methane emissions dominated by shallow coastal waters

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – October

29 October, 2019

This edition explores:

Cold-water corals and deep-sea sponges by-catch mitigation: dealing with ground fish survey data in the management of the northwest Atlantic Ocean High Seas
Rapid increase in Asian bottles in the South Atlantic Ocean indicates major debris inputs from ships
A fast-moving target: achieving marine conservation goals under shifting climate and policies

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – September

8 October, 2019

This edition explores:

Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

Global Climate in 2015-2019: Climate change accelerates
Ongoing ocean warming threatens the rich and diverse macrobenthic communities of the Antarctic continental shelf

Mangrove lagoons of the Great Barrier Reef support coral populations persisting under extreme environmental conditions

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – August

11 September, 2019

This edition explores:

Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s
Remote reefs and seamounts are the last refuges for marine predators across the Indo-Pacific
Recent pace of change in human impact on the world’s ocean

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Monthly Ocean Science Roundup – July

1 August, 2019

This edition explores:

Eight urgent, fundamental and simultaneous steps needed to restore ocean health, and the consequences for humanity and the planet of inaction or delay
Long-term Reef Monitoring Program – Annual Summary Report on coral reef condition for 2018/19
Winter storms accelerate the demise of sea ice in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean

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