Ivory Coast creates first marine protected area
Ivory Coast has announced the creation of its first Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Ecology
Dec 21, 2020
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News tagged with marine biodiversity
Eco-engineered tiles enhance marine biodiversity on seawalls in Hong Kong and beyond
A joint-study led by a team of marine ecologists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has found that the eco-engineered tiles can increase habitat complexity on seawalls in Hong Kong, thereby effectively enhancing the ...
Ecology
Nov 5, 2020
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Researchers outline how marine reserves can benefit fisheries across the globe
Society will require more food in the coming years to feed a growing population, and seafood will likely make up a significant portion of it. At the same time, we need to conserve natural habitats to ensure the health of ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 28, 2020
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Sea slugs: Discovering other inhabitants in the Barcelona coasts
A study on marine biodiversity has identified seventy-three species of sea slugs in the coasts of Barcelona, an anthropized environment due to the urban metropolis. In this group of gastropod molluscs, the most abundant in ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 29, 2020
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International researchers discover ongoing and future tropical diversity decline
How can patterns in the marine biodiversity of the past help us to understand how it may change in the future? A recent research by Drs Moriaki Yasuhara and Timothy C Bonebrake (School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute ...
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2020
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The evolution of biodiversity: ever-increasing or did it hit a ceiling?
Preserving biodiversity is one of the key debates of our time—but another subject of hot debate in recent decades among evolutionary experts is how biodiversity has changed over the past few hundred million years. New findings ...
Evolution
May 20, 2020
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Deep-sea coral gardens discovered in canyons off Australia's South West
Stunning 'gardens' of deep-sea corals have been discovered in the Bremer Canyon Marine Park by Australian and international scientists during an oceanographic expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute's R/V Falkor.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2020
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Scientists call on government to increase ambition to save our ocean
In the last decade there has been rapid expansion in the area of ocean designated as a Marine Protected Area (MPA).
Ecology
Feb 25, 2020
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A plan to save Earth's oceans
At least 26 per cent of our oceans need urgent conservation attention to preserve Earth's marine biodiversity, a University of Queensland-led international study has found.
Environment
Feb 21, 2020
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New deep-water coral discovered
Pax, Latin for 'peace' made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered off Pacific Panama and described in the journal Bulletin of Marine Science. According to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...
Ecology
Oct 22, 2019
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