The Ocean Brief
Ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community
Citizen Science for Fisheries Management
Involving local people in research might be one of the few ways in which both communities and researchers in developing nations can obtain data-sets spanning long periods of time.
Studying the climate past
How can we find out what historic ocean-climate was? Turns out that there are all sorts of clever ways.
Ocean warming hotspots
Climate change doesn’t just mean that the global mean surface temperature is increasing. Because oceans absorb heat, they too increase their temperature. The upper layers are affected first, but as warming increases, lower and lower depths also increase in temperature.
An unsustainable fishery on the Great Barrier Reef
Turns out the Great Barrier Reef's beche-de-mer fishery isn't as sustainable as we would like.
The science is clear, but what will we do to take better care of our ocean?
All the science is the world isn't going to do anything if we choose not to take action
Citizen science data throws light on functional diversity
Citizen science teaches us new things about coral reefs - and how we can take better care of them
Shark fishing, bleaching, & cyclones....
Shark declines are not just the result of shark finning
Not to big, not to small. Harvest slots for fisheries management
Not too big, not too small... could harvest slots (which have both a minimum and maximum landing size) help bolster sustainable fisheries?
In the face of changing coral reefs, how will dependent communities react?
We know that climate change is altering coral reef ecosystems, but how will these changes impact on communities that depend on them for their livelihood?