Future Earth Coasts
News and EventsPromoting 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...
The Globalization of Cultural Eutrophication in the Coastal Ocean: Causes and Consequences
The Globalization of Cultural Eutrophication in the Coastal Ocean: Causes and Consequences Excessive nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, have devastating effects on coastal marine ecosystems by causing algal blooms that deplete oxygen in the water, killing...
First map of marine structures shows how much we’ve modified the oceans
(From an article by Nick Lavars on newsatlas.com*) With our long history of altering the environment through manmade structures, we humans sure have made our mark on the Earth in our relatively short time here. Scientists in Australia have turned their attention to...
First Indigenous-Led Land and Sea Management Guidelines
(courtesy of Kate Cranney, CSIRO, as published on ecomagazine.com) More than 100 Indigenous contributors have created Australia’s first guidelines on how to best strengthen and share Indigenous knowledge in land and sea management. The Our Knowledge, Our Way...