World Oceans Day 2023

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In this episode of the “World We Want” podcast series, the editors of the new book Oceans and Human Health: Opportunities and Impacts talk to Márcia Balisciano about about the fascinating connections between the ocean and human health, spanning from wellbeing and mental health, to medicinal resources, plastics, food and nutrition, and the health risks of polluted oceans.
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Aquaculture, Volume 571, 30 June 2023

This paper explores perceived barriers and enablers for engagement in a new aquaculture activity, using an example of ‘technology-push’ towards seaweed farming in coastal villages in Samoa.
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Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 119, June 2023

Shows how practical economic levers can make the shipping industry more environmentally sustainable.
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Increasing shipping traffic in the Arctic Ocean creates an emerging need to understand the consequences of maritime operations on the Arctic environment and coastal Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, as well as potential governance responses. To address this need, we examine recent shipping trends and assess their impact on Arctic environments and communities. Our arguments are novel, and are built around contemporary empirical investigations and published scientific studies, reports, and government documents.
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Earth-Science Reviews, Volume 240, May 2023

Monitoring the ocean carbon cycle is key to improved understanding. Satellites play a major role in our global carbon monitoring system. To make full use of satellite observations for ocean carbon monitoring the remote-sensing community needs to work closely with in-situ data experts, physical and biogeochemical modellers, Earth system scientists, climate scientists and marine policy experts.
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Cell Genomics, Volume 3, 12 April 2023

Sea urchins are one of the most amenable model systems in developmental biology and they have enabled major discoveries. In this study, the authors investigated how conserved the genomic and regulatory architecture is between P. lividus, other sea urchins, and chordates. By integrating genomic and regulatory datasets, they demonstrated how regulatory changes could be associated with the origin of the novel body plan of urchins and other echinoderms.
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Data in Brief, Volume 47, April 2023

The survey presented here was conducted to better understand public perceptions of climate change, human impacts and the value and management of marine and coastal ecosystems.
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One Earth, Volume 6, 20 January 2023

This article focuses on a key industry in ocean governance - tuna fishery - to examine how companies and governments relationship in international fishery negotiations can influence the governance of tuna fishery industry.
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Trends in Biotechnology, Volume , 2023

This is an Opinion article by two highly accomplished synthetic biologists that explains how synthetic biology tools can benefit oceans.
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Environment International, Volume 171, January 2023

As growing coastal societies and projected high population densities predict a larger demand for marine ecosystem services in the future, jellyfish may affect the fulfillment of such needs, thus becoming prominent players in provisioning, cultural, and supporting services. Hence, our results advocate for their inclusion in multidisciplinary research beyond regional scales and call for investing in this group through systematic surveys.
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Transport Policy, Volume 130, January 2023

Offers practical insights to guide shipping industry managers to introduce environmentally responsible and sustainable practices.
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Heliyon, Volume 8, December 2022

This is a really interesting paper of the risks that Northwest Atlantic poses on the leatherback turtle, such as plastic bags and rope.
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Genomics, Volume 114, November 2022

Bay of Bengal (BoB) has immense significance with respect to ecological diversity and natural resources. Studies on microbial profiling and their functional significance at sediment level of BoB remain poorly represented. Herein, we describe the microbial diversity and metabolic potentials of BOB deep-sea sediment samples by subjecting the metagenomes to Nanopore sequencing.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 21 October 2022

This article reports the significant climate mitigation and adaptation efforts via marine conservation activities.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 16 September 2022

This articles identifies the current issues in the governance of global marine protected areas, and propose viable solutions to address those issues to enable effective marine governance.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 19 August 2022

This article presents five actionable strategies to engage and empower young people with climate and ocean science to support ocean sustainable development.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 20 May 2022

This article proposes a feasible framework to operate a global market of blue carbon, which helps to mitigate climate change.
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Cell Genomics, Volume 2, 11 May 2022

Marine plankton occur throughout the ocean and are major functional organisms involved in nutrient production and transfer. This paper surveys the global, sunlit ocean and recovers new genomes of species that are still uncultured and uncharacterized. This highlights the magnitude of yet unexplored ecology and diversity that remains to be discovered within the world’s oceans.
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Aquaculture, Volume 549, 25 February 2022

Temperature and sea level rise threats to aquaculture were the main focus in science and the news. At least 10 countries linked current impacts on aquaculture to climate change. Global papers cited technology for adaption, while regional papers cited governance.
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Heliyon, Volume 7, September 2021

This review compared the effects between bioplastics compared to conventional plastics. It found that bioplastics caused less harm and will help policymakers to determine whether bioplastics is beneficial to the environment.
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Heliyon, Volume 6, August 2020

A good paper to highlight plastic pollution in the marine ecosystem in order to make people aware of a plastic-free, healthy blue ocean in the near future.
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Heliyon, Volume 4, October 2018

This paper focuses on the effects of marine pollution in fish within the the greatest depth zones of the Pacific Ocean.
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The Franciscana Dolphin: On the Edge of Survival, 2022, pp 349-362

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 12: Responsible Consumption by discussing threats to the Franciscana dolphin and exploring novel options to reduce harmful bycatch.
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Bacterial Fish Diseases, 2022, pp 1-29

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 12: Responsible Consumption by highlighting the many marine pollution risks associated with ocean extraction/consumption and impacts to marine ecosystems.

Ocean Acidification and Marine Wildlife, 2021, pp 247-263

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by discussing the impacts of ocean acidification on marine biological processes and highlighting future research directions to understand and preserve marine biodiversity.
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COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022, pp 285-303

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life below water and Goal 15: Life on land by addressing how the pandemic has halted the progress of the sustainable development goals, including how the improper disposal of COVID-19-associated wastes, such as medical equipment, plastics, masks, and gloves, is a threat to both the lives on land and below water.
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Advances in Nanotechnology for Marine Antifouling, 2023, pp 141-164

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure by highlighting the biodiversity of marine biofilms in the context of marine infrastructure.
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Functionalized Nanofibers, 2023, pp 617-634

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation by describing advancements in the use of melt electrospun nanofibers for use in marine oil spill cleanup.
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Complementarity of Variable Renewable Energy Sources, 2022, pp 527-558

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by exploring the potential of marine renewables, including wind, wave, and solar, for providing long-term sustainable energy sources.
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Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Volume 73, 2022, pp 467-504

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting some of the many beneficial pharmaceutical applications of marine-derived compounds.
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Marine Phenolic Compounds: Science and Engineering, 2023, pp 87-112

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting some of the many beneficial pharmaceutical applications of marine algae bromophenols.
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Dynamics of Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection, Volume , 1 January 2023

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 15: Life on Land by describing the global tectonic processes that form mid-ocean ridges and critical seafloor habitat.
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Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing: Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications, 2023, pp 79-100

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure by describing the advancements in scientific data collection capabilities afforded by the innovation and use of oceanographic buoys.
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Advances in Virus Research, Volume 114, 2022, pp 67-146

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by exploring the role of viruses in the marine carbon cycle and describing how advances in marine virus research can improve marine ecosystem models and predictions of the future of marine carbon cycling.
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Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in Metabolic and Non-communicable Diseases, 2022, pp 707-723

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting some of the many beneficial nutritional and pharmaceutical applications of marine nutraceuticals.
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Food Lipids: Sources, Health Implications, and Future Trends, 2022, pp 51-68

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting some of the many beneficial nutritional applications of marine-derived lipids.
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Ocean Mixing: Drivers, Mechanisms and Impacts, 2021, pp 5-24

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by describing the role of ocean mixing shapes the contemporary mean climate and how advances in our understanding of dynamic mixing processes improves predictions change.
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Climate Change Biology, Third Edition, 2021, pp 223-238

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by highlighting how past marine ecosystem changes can improve our understanding of future climactic and chemical conditions of global oceans.
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Antarctic Climate Evolution, Second Edition, 2022, pp 165-197

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by highlighting the Southern Ocean's role in global ocean dynamics and ameliorating climate change.
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Genomics and the Global Bioeconomy, 2022, pp 125-138

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure by acknowledging increased rates of Arctic transit resulting from declines in sea ice, recognizing the associated risk of increasingly frequent oil spills, and proposing methods to efficiently and effectively respond to such events.
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Recycled Plastic Biocomposites, 2022, pp 229-245

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure by highlighting some of the many beneficial biocomposite applications of marine-derived byproducts.
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Applied Environmental Metabolomics, 2022, pp 199-209

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 13: Climate Action by exploring the application of stable isotope tracing and metabolomics to monitor coral responses to thermal and oxidative stress in order to predict the fitness implications of continued sea warming.
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New Horizons in Natural Compound Research, 2023, pp 251-265

This chapter aligns with Goal 14: Life Below Water and Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing by highlighting some of the many beneficial industrial and pharmaceutical applications of marine microalgae.
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Ocean Modelling, Volume 183, June 2023

This paper develops a coupling between SWAN and Thetis models to account for wave–current interactions occurring by the co-existence of wave and current flows. The different grids and time-steps employed by the model components allow greater flexibility. The two models run consecutively, and communicate internally to exchange the necessary parameters. These are the significant wave height, mean wave direction, mean wavelength and percentage of wave-breaking calculated by SWAN necessary for calculating radiation stress and wave roller effects, while Thetis provides water elevation and current velocity fields.
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Ocean Modelling, Volume 183, June 2023

This paper is particularly relevant to investigations into the spread of organisms that remain close to shore over timescales of days-to-weeks, e.g., the spread of marine non-native species and pathogenetic parasites, but is equally relevant to simulations tracking the dispersal of eDNA or coastal pollutants such as oil and plastics.
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Progress in Oceanography, Volume 213, 1 April 2023

Selective copepod grazing and water mass origin impacted spring bloom composition. Diatom bloom enhanced zooplankton recruitment and deep carbon export. Spring bloom composition impacted summer plankton community. Mixo- and heterotrophic protists dominated the nutrient-poor summer months. Copepod grazers controlled the summer protist community.
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Ocean Modelling, Volume 182, April 2023

This study proposes a deep learning model based on a convolutional neural network, which can effectively fuse atmospheric information (wind field) and station water level information and can effectively forecast the station water level and also have a good response to the anomalous water level increase brought by storm surge.
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Progress in Oceanography, Volume 212, March 2023

This paper synthesized current knowledge of mesoscale eddies and their impacts on the marine ecosystem across the North Pacific and its marginal Seas, across the CCS region , the northeastern North Pacific and the Bering Sea, the western boundary of the North Pacific and marginal seas, and the extratropical open North Pacific. How climate change will modify mesoscale processes remains a key open challenge.
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Progress in Oceanography, Volume 211, February 2023

This study shows downscaled climate projections that, without strong curbing of emissions, the California Current System (CCS) will undergo significant change this century, including 2–4 °C warming of sea surface temperature and an almost ubiquitous shift to novel conditions
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Ocean Modelling, Volume 181, February 2023

This paper show the mathematical and theoretical background of the machine learning algorithm used in this work, the LSTM. The data used are described and the methodology of framework is presented. It shows the predictions results based on LSTM and comparisons with ERA5 and buoy observations.
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Ocean Modelling, Volume 181, February 2023

This paper based on three implemented Regional Climate Models (RCMs), namely CMCC-CCLM, CNRM-ALADIN52, and GUF-CCLM-NEMO, for RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios of the 21st century. Atmospheric modelling datasets cover the Reference (1971–2000) and Future (2071–2100) Periods of climate projections. The results produced within this study can be used for investigations in specific locations of the Mediterranean basin within integrated hydrologic/hydrodynamic modelling under projected climate change conditions during the 21st century.
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Progress in Oceanography, Volume 210, January 2023

This paper provides first assessment of nutrient contents in whale faeces prior to their dissolution in seawater, which has overcome the challenges associated with getting reliable estimations of elemental nutrients from whale faeces. By combining measured faecal nutrient concentrations with the best available prey-consumption and prey-assimilation estimates, we calculated the expected contribution of minke whale faeces to nutrient pools in surface waters during summer.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 18 November 2022

This article examines the extent to which Marine Protected Area can fit for purpose in Western Indian Ocean, in the context of global warming.
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One Earth, Volume 5, 16 September 2022

This article introduces the concept of blue economy and how such a framework can help to improve sustainable development of oceans.
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Marine Policy, Volume 153, 2023, 105644, ISSN 0308-597X

We are at a critical crossroads for the future governance of the high seas. We used the Nature Futures Framework to explore desirable futures for the high seas. Creative endeavours of co-production encourage imagination to address challenges. Participatory processes are important tools in the science-policy interface. Stories and art can be powerful ways to overcome barriers.
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One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 5, 2023, Pages 505-518

This study systematically evaluates the successful human stewardship in managing marine protected areas to provide useful lessons for future marine conservation actions.

Fisheries Research, Volume 265, 2023, 106744

A critical reflection on fisheries conservation in the Mekong River is offered here. Adaptive co-management helped balance conservation and livelihood outcomes. No-take zones facilitated basic fish conservation measures led by local fishermen. Fishermen perceiving livelihood benefits of conservation supported no-take zones. Long-term mechanisms to support community-led conservation initiatives are needed.
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Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 565, 2023, 151916

This study provides a better understanding of the burrowing behaviour of the sub-legal size clams discarded on the sediment after being disturbed and contributes important data to improve practices for minimizing mortality of dislodged clams that are discarded on the sediment surface.
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https://www.cell.com/current-biology/issue?pii=S0960-9822(16)X0012-7#TheOceanSpecialIssue 

In this special issue of Current Biology, the ocean presents a challenging environment for study while also exhibiting some of the most profound and disruptive symptoms of global change.