Future Earth Coasts
News and EventsThreats to Biodiversity in Australia’s Burdekin River Basin
Pictured: The Burdekin Falls Dam, built in 1987, the largest dam in Queensland, Australia. ©CSIRO Prof Eric Wolanski, a FEC Academy member currently working at the Centre for Tropical Water and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) at James Cook University,...
Promoting Ocean Acidification Awareness and Research in Africa: a Virtual event
The OA-Africa Network and OA-ICC virtual event to promote Ocean Acidification Awareness and Research in Africa will take place on the 5th of February from 9 am to 12 pm (GMT). This event follows the OA Day of action side event held in person in Monrovia on the 8th...
South Africa’s largest estuarine lake mouth artificially breached in defiance of restoration efforts
Professor Anthony Forbes, FEC Academy Member, shared some interesting news with us. On January 6th the sand barrier separating the Lake St Lucia Estuary from the sea was artificially breached by the iSimangaliso Authority in apparent disregard of its own management...
Promoting Ocean Acidification Awareness and Research in Africa
OA-Africa Side Event at OA Day of Action in Liberia on January 8, 2021 At the upcoming OA Day of Action to be held in Liberia, OA-Africa is hosting a side event event in partnership withThe Ocean Foundation, the IAEA OA-ICC, Future Earth Coasts, Environmental...
Recent publications by ongoing OCEANS PACT and BRICS coastal risk governance projects
Recent publications by ongoing OCEANS PACT and BRICS coastal risk governance projects Researchers from the FEC community are playing key roles in a number of activities and we are always keen to inform you about their progress and findings along the way. Bruce...
The Marine Plastic Litter Issue: A Social-Economic Analysis
The Marine Plastic Litter Issue: A Social-Economic Analysis "The Marine Plastic Litter Issue: A Social-Economic Analysis" has been published in Sustainability as part of the Special Issue 'Microplastics - Macro Challenge for Environmental Sustainability' and is...
The Fukushima Coast
FEC Fellow Dr Leslie Mabon recently wrote a short evidence-based explainer to summarize what is happening to the Fukushima coast based on the latest research and scientific evidence. The Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear accident in Japan in 2011 was one of the largest...
UNEP GRIDA Rapid Resource Assessment on coastal and offshore permafrost in the Arctic
Our Partners at PerCS-Net just shared exciting news with us: Recently Scott Dallimore and his team completed a UNEP GRIDA Rapid Resource Assessment on coastal and offshore permafrost in the Arctic. The RRA resulted in a comprehensive education and outreach resource...
Policy Brief “Sustaining China’s coastal resources: Recommendations to improve the state of the coasts in Hainan” now online!
New ZMT Policy Brief Sustaining China's coastal resources: Recommendations to improve the state of the coasts in Hainan What is the human impact on the coast of Hainan? This Policy Brief - available in English and Mandarin - summarizes the major findings of a...
New book co-edited by Yongming Luo: Microplastics in Terrestrial Environments – Emerging Contaminants and Major Challenges
New book: Microplastics in Terrestrial Environments - Emerging Contaminants and Major Challenges Yongming Luo, Director of FEC IPO at YIC-CAS and REP at ISSAS is one of the co-editors of this recently published book. This book focuses on microplastics as emerging...