01 Aug 2017
New from Routledge: Reconnecting People and Water
Now Available Reconnecting People and Water: Public Engagement and Sustainable Urban Water Management By Liz Sharp Water management in industrialised western countries has long been seen as a technical process associated with pipes, drains and bureaucracies. This technical model of water management is now being questioned. This book examines the nature of contemporary water […]
01 Aug 2017
New from Routledge: Governing the Coastal Commons
Now Available Governing the Coastal Commons: Communities, Resilience and Transformation Edited by Derek Armitage, Anthony Charles, Fikret Berkes Coastal communities depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, but the common property nature of marine resources poses major challenges for the governance of such resources. Through detailed cases and consideration of broader global trends, […]
01 Aug 2017
Possible Treaty for the High Seas UN Headquarters – Final Round of Negotiations this week
Countries meet at UN Headquarters in New York for the final round of negotiations toward a possible treaty for the high seas, a new scientific review of recent ocean research has been launched to show the importance of ocean resources to humans. The report, authored by scholars at the University of Oxford for the High Seas Alliance, […]
01 Aug 2017
Ocean Acidification – Revised MCCIP Report Card published
Phil Williamson writes: With regard to ocean acidification, research effort has been reduced. But there have been new findings from observations – as featured in the new MCCIP report, out today and at www.mccip.org.uk/arc10, with associated Science Reviews. Marine Climate Change Impacts This report card summarises how our understanding of marine climate change impacts has […]
01 Aug 2017
MCCIP Report cards highlights increases in squid & tuna and declines in seabirds
Guardian article picks up on MCCIP report cards and other reports – lots of links: Squid and anchovies, more commonly eaten by Britons holidaying abroad, are being drawn into UK waters in large numbers by climate change, according to major new report that suggests the nation’s long-lost bluefin tuna is also returning. However, global warming […]
01 Aug 2017
Marine Science: 3 articles – Atlantic observatory & New generation of Planet satellites
EU funds development of integrated observing system for Atlantic Ocean EU-funded researchers are driving the development of an integrated system to apply a common strategy to a range of data about the state of the Atlantic which is collected by a variety of organizations via a number of means including buoys, floats, moorings and research vessels. […]
01 Aug 2017
Reports from JNCC – and joint cruise reports with Cefas
New reports from JNCC Thanks to John Henson Web: john.hensonwebb@jncc.gov.uk Our most recent publications are: New assessments on state of the marine environment in OSPAR waters Joint JNCC-Cefas reports:- No. 14A: CEND19x12: Cruise report for Braemar Pockmarks cSAC, Scanner Pockmark cSAC and Turbot Bank NCMPA proposal (014A – 2017) Ware, S. No. 15 CEND […]
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