- UN negotiations on Paris climate agreement fall short; emergency negotiation session added
- UN sustainable development goal for oceans getting least attention and resources
- UN IMO adopts strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships
- India to ban all single use plastic by 2022
- G7 countries negotiate international charter to eliminate plastic waste
- Marine heatwaves becoming longer and more frequent
- Study finds climate change may make MPAs largely uninhabitable by current species by 2100
- Study predicts range shifts for hundreds of North American marine species under climate change
- Study examines mandates and challenges for EBM in the EU, Canada, and US
- Massive online open course on assessing and managing Large Marine Ecosystems now open for enrollment
- Conservation X Labs competition seeks technology solutions to ocean conservation challenges
- New reports released on ocean hazards and risk and how the global insurance industry needs to act
- Massachusetts and Rhode Island choose developers for offshore wind projects to provide 1,200MW energy; commercial fishers in US Northeast concerned about conflicts
- US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management seeking public input on potential locations for offshore wind leases off US Atlantic Coast
- Number of overfished stocks in the US reaches all time low
- NOAA report says high tide flooding may occur half the year along US East Coast/Gulf of Mexico by end of century
- US House of Representatives rejects most proposed budget cuts for NOAA but defunds some federal MSP and EBM activities
- Want to know how the Trump administration is changing US environmental policy? A short version. A detailed version.
And several more “fun” articles that might be of interest:
- Mantis shrimp eyes inspire underwater navigation system
- Scientists develop new plastic that can be continually recycled without losing quality
- Monterey Bay octopus uses jellyfish as a weapon
- The future of conservation technology – tiny tracking sensors, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, and bio-batteries