Figure above: Schematic illustrating the main elements of an Action Plan for the Ocean. Authors: Eugene J Murphy, Carol Robinson, Alistair James Hobday, Alice Newton, Marion Glaser, Karen Evans, Mark Dickey-Collas, Stephanie Brodie, Marion Gehlen The COVID-19 pandemic is the first serious test of how science can inform decision-making in the face of an immediate global…
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Figure above: Schematic representation of the major current systems (modified after Schott et al., 2009) in the Indian Ocean for January (left panel) and July (right panel), overlaid on chlorophyll (shaded in mg m-3) climatology. Abbreviations are as follows: Agulhas Current (AC), West India Coastal Current (WICC), East India Coastal Current (EICC), Sri Lanka Dome…
Authors: Kathryn E. Smith, Michael T. Burrows, Alistair J. Hobday, Alex Sen Gupta, Pippa J. Moore, Mads Thomsen, Thomas Wernberg and Dan A. Smale Extreme warming events in the world’s oceans are becoming more widespread and frequent; eight of the 10 most severe recorded events have taken place in the past decade. Smith et al….
Authors: Madu Galappaththi, Andrea Collins, Derek Armitage, Prateep Nayak This perspective paper advances a comprehensive framework to integrate gender within the study of dried fish value chains. We do so by linking three complementary areas of scholarship: social wellbeing, intersectionality, and value chains. In developing the framework, a key point of departure from existing literature…
Authors: Stephanie Brodie, André Frainer, Maria Pennino, Shan Jiang, Laura Kaikkonen, Jon Lopez, Kelly Ortega Cisneros, Carl Peters, Samiya Selim and Natasa Vaidianu We propose ‘triple-blind review’ for peer-reviewed journals – a process that keeps author identities and affiliations blind to manuscript editors until after first appraisal. This perspective highlights how triple-blind review could be…
Southern Ocean ecosystems are often seen as largely separate from the rest of the global system. In this paper, we consider the degree of ecological connectivity at different trophic levels, linking Southern Ocean ecosystems with the global ocean, and their importance not only for the regional ecosystem but also the wider Earth system. We find…
Figure above: Distribution of the respondents’ symbolic value scores for the different environments (scores greater than 0 indicate positive symbolic values). Authors: Laura Kaikkonen and Ingrid van Putten The increasing need for metals and rare earth elements is fuelling interest in deep sea mining, with fast advancing technologies now granting access to even the deepest…
Authors: Jessica Bleuel, Maria Grazia Pennino & Guilherme O. Longo Global climate change is a major threat to reefs as it increases the frequency and severity of coral bleaching events, and reduces coral cover and diversity. Ocean warming may cause shifts in tropical coral communities if temperatures rise above their thermal limits and extratropical regions…
Figure above: Schematic representation of the institutional arrangements for climate change and fisheries in South Africa. The figure shows a clear delineation between stakeholders, however in reality, there is an overlap between different institutions, mandates and roles which the figure does not show. Authors: Kelly Ortega-Cisneros, Kevern L. Cochrane, Nina Rivers, and Warwick H.H. Sauer…