Mangroves for Coastal Defence

The role of mangroves in protecting our coasts against natural hazards such as storms, tsunamis and coastal erosion has been widely acknowledged. Even so, the level of protection provided by mangroves[...]

Adaptive Water Resources Management Under Climate Change: An Introduction

Readers of this journal are well aware of the challenges of managing one of our planet’s most critical natural resources: water. We professionals, the people we serve, and indeed the entire world’[...]

Deep Sea Fun

What types of marine life can be found in the deep sea? This online exercise comes to you from Neal Agarwal. [...]

Species Distribution and Habitat Exploitation of Fauna Associated with Kelp (Laminaria Hyperborea) Along the Norwegian Coast

Fauna associated with the common kelp along the Norwegian coast, Laminaria hyperborea, was sampled at four sites covering 1000 km of coastline. Exploitation of the kelp habitat by the fauna, and the[...]

Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock

The protection of organic carbon stored in forests is considered as an important method for mitigating climate change. Like terrestrial ecosystems, coastal ecosystems store large amounts of carbon, an[...]

Closing Loopholes: Getting Illegal Fishing Under Control

Decreasing numbers of fish caught in global fisheries, overcapacity of fishing fleets, and rising demand for fish heighten the negative impacts of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing an[...]

Atmospheric Carbon by Birth Year Calculator

How much carbon was in the atmosphere when you were born? [...]

Our Incredible Ocean

A visual toolkit to help raise awareness of the fundamental importance of the ocean to life on Earth, and help inspire ocean protection. This resource corresponds with the seven Ocean Literacy Essenti[...]