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Trash skimmers are being deployed in harbors to collect growing amounts of garbage, but some scientists say resources would be better spent stopping the source of pollution.
New genetic technologies are enabling scientists to identify traits that may help corals survive warming ocean temperatures that threaten the survival of coral reefs critical to marine ecosystems.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s 100 Island Challenge uses 3-D photography to monitor how coral reefs change over time in an effort to help local communities save crucial marine ecosystems.
Susanne Becken Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University, Australia
Bela Stantic Acting Head of School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University
Rod Connolly Professor in Marine Science, Griffith University in southeast Queensland, Australia
Environmental monitoring is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. One solution: Tap data stored in tweets and Instagram photos to track the health of coral reefs and other marine ecosystems.
Past efforts to reduce collisions between these highly endangered marine mammals and ships offer lessons for officials trying to save North Atlantic right whales in Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Nishan Degnarain Member of the Government, Mauritius’s National Ocean Taskforce
Steve Adler Chief Data Strategist, IBM Watson
Scientists, governments and businesses are amassing unprecedented amounts of ocean data. But if marine ecosystems are to survive, we need to figure out how to get a lot more, say Nishan Degnarain and Steve Adler.
A movement to transform marine plastic pollution into athletic shoes, skateboards and other products is gaining traction, but there is a debate about how much impact ‘upcycling’ can have.
Donald Scavia Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
Too many nutrients washing into our waters create oxygen-deprived “dead zones.” But voluntary steps to reduce nutrient runoff and shrink dead zones just aren’t working, says environmental researcher Don Scavia.
To date, only 5 percent of the sea floor has been mapped in detail, but an international consortium plans to map the rest over the next 13 years. The results could revolutionize our understanding of deep-sea biodiversity.
Blue technologies being developed in the San Francisco Bay Area aim to give scientists and citizens low-cost tools to gather and share high-quality data on ocean conditions.
Abandoned fishing gear kills millions of marine animals every year. The Fishing for Energy program generates electricity from gear that’s been retrieved from the ocean.
Australian researchers collaborated with Microsoft cofounder Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan to create algorithms that crunch big data to detect suspicious fishing activity and alert local authorities.
Information on marine conditions is vital to ocean preservation efforts. A new study of five years of data collected by the Ocean Health Index reaches some surprising conclusions.
The key to mobilizing youth is to give them the autonomy to follow their own path to protect the ocean, says Daniela Fernandez, founder of the Sustainable Oceans Alliance.
Former Under Secretary of State Catherine Novelli says the U.S. has much to gain as global momentum grows to protect the seas from overfishing, pollution and climate change.
Scientists are transforming data into three dimensions to investigate the effects of climate change on the ocean – and potentially help rebuild dying coral reefs.
Hailing from Fiji, the president of the United Nations General Assembly, Peter Thomson, is intimately aware of threats to ocean health. He says talk will turn to action this week to fight climate change, overfishing and plastic pollution, and to protect the high seas.
With the ocean in crisis, national leaders, scientists, policymakers and activists are gathering in New York to hash out strategies to protect a crucial ecosystem.
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