Tag: Climate change
International forum on climate change effects on fisheries The ClimeFish project together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is organising the 2020 International Forum on the Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture. ...
Continued Growth in Sustainable Seafood Demand – Sales of MSC certified sustainable seafood has reached one million tonnes for the first time. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel ...
Historic CO2 level warning. Present CO2 levels caused 20-metre-sea-level rise in the past. Around three million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheets melted, causing sea-levels to rise ...
New farmed oyster research. Oysters bred for fast growth and disease resistance are able to adapt their shell growth to protect themselves from environmental acidification, according to new research. Ocean and coastal acidification – the ...
An edible solution to the climate crisis. Eating more seafood can play a large part of the solution to the world’s climate woes, concludes a new report using data from 165 experts and scientists. The ...
Climate change and our oceans, the fishing industry must adapt to the profound impacts of climate change. The Marine Stewardship Council responds to IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere. The fishing industry and governments ...
Fishing industry must adapt to climate change impacts. The Marine Stewardship Council responds to IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere. The fishing industry and governments need to urgently step up co-operation efforts to ensure ...
Ocean Based Climate Action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. – Call to action by world leaders. Ocean based climate action can play a much bigger role ...
BioMar leads ocean based climate action for aquaculture. Today the High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy, launched their latest report showing that ocean based climate action can deliver a fifth of the reductions ...
Vulnerability of Bering Sea marine life to climate change. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists in the USA and partners have released a Climate Vulnerability Assessment for groundfish, crabs, and salmon in the Eastern ...
U.S. researchers monitor impact of marine heatwave. U.S. researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring a new marine heatwave off the West Coast of the USA for effects on the marine ...
UK’s biggest seagrass restoration scheme – one million seeds to be planted. Seagrass captures carbon quicker than rainforest – new pilot project in Wales to restore important marine habitat could help fight climate change. Sky ...
Climate change leads to coral reef decline. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compares the growth rates between nearshore and offshore corals in the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the ...
Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors will be inspired to spark change at Summer School – Twenty-three Youth Ambassadors from countries connected to the Atlantic Ocean will participate in a Summer School at the Marine Institute, Galway ...
Food system of the future. British shoppers will be able to buy environmentally friendly, healthy and affordable food under plans for a radical shake-up of the UK’s food industry. As one of the first steps, ...
Robotic explorer takes on Arctic mission. An underwater robotic vehicle will go on an Arctic research mission deemed too dangerous for humans in a bid to help scientists understand the true extent of melting from ...
EU and Canada marine partnership agreement. The EU and Canada have concluded a partnership agreement, which includes clear commitments to combating the negative effects of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries, marine pollution and climate ...
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