1.5°C Paris Agreement target could net six million tonnes of fish annually
Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5°C will have large benefits to fisheries, finds a study published by CORU Leader William Cheung and Postdoctoral fellow Gabriel Reygondeau in Science. For every degree Celsius decrease in global warming, potential fish catches could increase by more than three million tonnes per year. Read More.
Scenarios for investigating the future of Canada’s oceans and marine fisheries under environmental and socioeconomic change
CORU Leader William Cheung recently co-authored a paper published in Regional Environmental Change that reviewed existing methods of scenario analysis (preparing for future response based on multiple potential outcomes) in the marine conservation and fisheries sectors in Canada. Their aim was to determine whether these scenario analyses in the existing literature adequately consider biophysical, socioeconomic and policy-related factors to “provide […]
Biogeochemical regions of the Mediterranean Sea: an objective multidimensional and multivariate environmental approach
CORU Postdoctoral fellow Gabriel Reygondeau recently had the study “Biogeochemical regions of the Mediterranean Sea: an objective multidimensional and multivariate environmental approach” published in Progress in Oceanography. In the paper, a biogeochemical/ecological spatial framework was defined for ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea. The authors show that the vertical dimension is crucial in such analysis since […]
Spatial differentiation of marine eutrophication damage indicators based on species density
“Spatial differentiation of marine eutrophication damage indicators based on species density” was recently published in Ecological Indicators, co-authored by CORU Alumnus Miranda Jones (UNEP-WCMC) and CORU Leader William Cheung. The paper looks at developing an index to assess eutrophication effects on marine ecosystems and introducing an ecosystem response indicator to nitrogen loadings to coastal waters. Read more:
British Ecological Society’s Aquatic Macroecology Meeting
CORU Leader William Cheung gave a keynote entitled “Applying macroecology to project future marine ecosystems under climate change” at the British Ecological Society’s Aquatic Macroecology Meeting in London on September 30, 2016. Read More.
North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment: Socio-economic impacts – fisheries
CORU Leader William Cheung and CORU Alumnus Miranda Jones contributed to the recently published North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment, co-authoring the chapter “Socio-economic impacts – fisheries” (pages 375-395). Their chapter explores recent and future impacts of rapid temperature changes in the North Sea, identified as a ‘hot spot’ of climate change, with respect to […]
IPBES Report: Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released their Methodological Assessment of Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, for which CORU Leader William Cheung was a coordinating lead author, as well as a contributing author for Chapter 5 “Modelling consequences of change in biodiversity for nature’s benefits to people” (p […]
Climate change could cause $10 billion in annual revenue loss to fisheries by 2050
Global fisheries could lose approximately $10 billion of annual revenues by 2050 if climate change continues at current rates, and countries most dependent on fisheries for food and livelihoods will feel more of the effects, finds new research published in Scientific Reports. Climate change impacts such as rising temperatures and changes in ocean salinity, acidity […]
IUCN Explaining Ocean Warming report
Explaining Ocean Warming is a comprehensive report produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) looking at the impacts of warming on ocean life, ecosystems, and goods and services. The report is the work of 80 scientists from 12 countries, launched during the IUCN World Conservation Congress, September 1-10 in Hawaii. CORU Leader […]
Sustainable management of the high seas could recoup fish stock losses due to climate change
Closing the high seas to fishing could increase fish catches in coastal waters by 10%, compensating for expected losses due to climate change, finds a new Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program study.