(September 30, 2016) 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 […] Read More >
(September 19, 2016) 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 […] Read More >
(September 7, 2016) 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 […] Read More >
(September 6, 2016) 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 […] Read More >
(August 30, 2016) 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. Read More >
(August 19, 2016) CORU PhD Student Muhammed Oyinlola attended the ClimEco5 Summer School organized by the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research project (IMBER), titled ‘Towards more resilient oceans: Predicting and projecting future changes in the ocean and their impacts on human societies’. The summer school took place from August 10th to August 17th, in Natal, Brazil. Read […] Read More >
(August 18, 2016) The ocean has provided incredible services for us — taking up 28% of carbon emissions since preindustrial levels and absorbing 93% of the Earth’s excess heat since the 1970s — but because of this, it is undergoing changes. In order to manage ocean ecosystems and resources in the future, we must begin to understand what […] Read More >
(August 11, 2016) The International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) took place from July 30th to August 3rd in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. The congress brings together marine conservation professionals and students in order to “develop new and powerful tools to further marine conservation science and policy”. Under the theme of “Making Marine Science Matter”, this year’s conference dealt […] Read More >
(August 3, 2016) CORU Leader William Cheung was as an invited expert at this meeting, held July 18 to 22 in Monaco. Read More >
(July 30, 2016) CORU Research Associate Yoshitaka Ota acted as moderator for this International Symposium, held from July 19 to 20 in Tokyo, Japan Read More >