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Scaling Positive Impact
The Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOAON) with approximate locations for ‘ApHRICA’, a pilot project to deploy ocean pH sensors in South Africa, Mozambique, the Seychelles, and Mauritius for the …
The Arctic: A Region of Future Conflict or Cooperation
This week the first cruise ship set sail for a trans-Arctic voyage, coupled with headlines that proclaimed the lowest level of Arctic sea ice recorded in the past 125 years. …
Passion for Coral Reefs
At the end of June, I had the pleasure and privilege to attend the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), the premier conference for coral reef scientists from all over …
The Day of the Vaquita
The vaquita is nearly extinct. Scientists estimate that the species now numbers about 60 individuals and is declining rapidly. We do not know the age/sex composition of the remaining individuals …
An Oasis of Science
On the edge of a far-flung lagoon in Baja California Sur, surrounded by a landscape of low-lying succulents, expansive salt flats, and towering cardón cacti that appear on the horizon …
Corals Need Relief
Coral reefs can handle a lot of chronic and acute harms, until they can’t. Once a reef tract crosses the threshold from a coral-dominated system to a micro-algae dominated system …
Ocean Pilgrimage to Monterey
Most conferences do not invite comparisons to spiritual journeys. But, Blue Mind is unlike most conferences. In truth, the annual Blue Mind Summit escapes all attempts at definition. The event, …
Keeping Loreto Magical
Established more than 300 years ago, the municipality of Loreto sits between the foothills of the Sierra La Giganta Mountains and the shores of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park …
Creating the Network to Forecast Ocean Acidification
Following the Ocean in a High CO2 World conference in Tasmania at the very beginning of May, we held the third science workshop for the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network …
The Ocean is Suffering from Hypercapnia
I spent the beginning of May in Van Diemen’s Land, a penal colony established by Great Britain in 1803. Today, it is known as Tasmania, one of the six original …
Science + Industry Collaboration Keeps Hong Kong Oyster Industry Alive
by Alexis Valauri-Orton, Program Associate In the streets of Lau Fau Shan, a small community in the Northwest tip of Hong Kong’s New Territories, the air smells sweet and salty. …
Hold the Slaves Please
by Mark J. Spalding, President We saw some ocean victories in 2015. As 2016 flies by, it calls upon us to move past those press releases and into action. Some …
