April 29, 2020 By Pedro Arrais Times Colonist
University of Victoria researchers have published one of the first studies to assess the direct impact of heat stress on reef fish. Members of UVic’s biology department documented how higher water temperatures linked to climate change slashed a Pacific Ocean coral reef fish community by half.
April 27, 2020 By Heather Hansman Outside
The North Pacific right whale has been spotted only a handful of times in 60 years. A marine biologist from Seattle wants to change that.
April 27, 2020 Alasdair Harris Mongabay
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable communities in the Global South go far beyond the looming public health emergency. The broader economic and environmental ramifications are of profound importance to biodiversity conservation. How the conservation movement responds will determine our relevance and credibility in the eyes of many communities who depend on nature for their survival.
April 27, 2020 By Basten Gokkon Mongabay
Most of the tropical reef sites around the world are no longer able to simultaneously sustain coral reef ecosystems and the livelihoods of the people who depend on them, as human pressure and impacts of climate change increase, a new study shows. Only 5% of 1,800 tropical reef sites across 41 countries, states and territories on Earth had plentiful fish stocks, high fish biodiversity and grazing, and well-preserved ecosystem functions.
April 22, 2020 By Kelsee Simpkins CU Boulder Today
Current marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean need to be at least doubled to adequately safeguard the biodiversity of the Antarctic, according to a new CU Boulder study published on Earth Day, in the journal PLOS ONE.