Deep Dives
Thought-provoking research providing extensive learning opportunities
U.S. agency provided scientific expertise on the new guidelines.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
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.
Read more → (more than 30 minute read)
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).
Read more → (more than 30 minute read)
A living framework to guide sustainable development in the world's fatest growing food sector.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
Aquaculture is a rapidly growing food production technology, but there are significant concerns related to its environmental impact and adverse social effects.
Read more → (24 minute read)
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.
Read more → (more than 30 minute read)
Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
The Biden AdministrationAs 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.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
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?
Read more → (28 minute read)
Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
SeaAhead, Orsted, VenterraThis 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.
Read more → (more than 30 minute read)
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?
Read more → (10 minute read)
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.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
European Commission Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries & Joint Research CentreThe 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.
Read more → (25 minute read)
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.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture
Karen Filbee-Dexter, et al., Nature GeoscienceThe 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.
Read more → (15 minute read)
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.
Read more → (more than 30 minute read)
Elizabeth P. Pike, et al., Conservation Letters
The international community’s commitment to protect at least 30 percent of our ocean by 2030—a goal known as “30x30”—is both inspiring and challenging; but this effort must go beyond mere numbers and strive for quality, effectiveness, and holistic conservation.
Read more → (13 minute read)
World Ocean Initiative, Economist Impact
Insights from the 11th annual World Ocean Summit & Expo.
Read more → (10 minute read)
Sean Wolpert, Oceanographic Magazine
The future of ocean exploration may lie with DEEP, an ambitious project touted as NASA for the deep sea.
Read more → (12 minute read)
High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy
Ocean Panel Blue Paper exploring the topic of human health and its relationship with the ocean.
Read more → (more than an hour read)
UNEP FI
The 2024 Climate Risk Landscape Report serves as a comprehensive resource delving into the available tools for financial institutions to assess physical and transition climate risks and boost their institution’s resilience to related impacts.
Read more → (more than an hour read)