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From Extraction to Regeneration: The Evolution of the Blue Economy

From Extraction to Regeneration: The Evolution of the Blue Economy

For decades, ocean economics has largely followed an extraction mindset. Fish stocks, seabeds, shipping routes, and coastal land were treated primarily as inputs to growth. Value was measured by what could be taken, move…

Sun Mar 08 20264 min
Citizen Scientists Map Giant Pavona Coral Near Cairns, Potentially Among the Reef’s Largest Single Colonies

Citizen Scientists Map Giant Pavona Coral Near Cairns, Potentially Among the Reef’s Largest Single Colonies

A volunteer team working with Citizens of the Reef has documented an unusually large coral structure on the Great Barrier Reef during surveys for the Great Reef Census. The colony was first noticed by diver Jan Pope whil…

Fri Feb 27 20264 min
Coral Reef Microbiomes Yield Hundreds of New Microbes and a Vast Cache of Drug Like Chemistry at Risk from Warming

Coral Reef Microbiomes Yield Hundreds of New Microbes and a Vast Cache of Drug Like Chemistry at Risk from Warming

Coral reefs are often described through their visible biodiversity, but a large share of their resilience and chemical complexity sits in the microbial communities that live on and within reef organisms. A new Nature stu…

Fri Feb 27 20265 min
Chronic Ocean Warming Linked to Nearly 20 Percent Annual Fish Biomass Decline as Heat Waves Distort Short Term Signals

Chronic Ocean Warming Linked to Nearly 20 Percent Annual Fish Biomass Decline as Heat Waves Distort Short Term Signals

A new study led by researchers from the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales and the National University of Colombia finds that persistent ocean warming is associated with a steep, sustained decline in fish biomass acros…

Fri Feb 27 20264 min
Antarctic Researchers Use eDNA Barcoding to Flag Hull Hitchhikers Before They Reach Polar Seas

Antarctic Researchers Use eDNA Barcoding to Flag Hull Hitchhikers Before They Reach Polar Seas

Scientists working with the Australian Antarctic Program have tested an environmental DNA approach that could strengthen biosecurity efforts aimed at keeping invasive marine species out of sub Antarctic islands and Antar…

Tue Feb 24 20265 min
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