This is especially important in the realm of marine spatial planning, where planners have to, with input from the communities, try to make sure the values that users ascribe to certain marine spaces ...

Oceans are faced with weak governance, lack of data, and limited investment. The World Bank is providing technical and financial support to governments and the private sector to close these knowledge ...

A sea turtle swims in a coral reef in Hawaii. Ocean acidification, found to be on the brink of crossing a boundary into higher-risk territory, can affect coral skeleton formation. In a paper published ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Samoa, an archipelagic country composed of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean, is on the frontline of climate change. Rising sea levels, ocean ...

When considering how to use marine spaces and allocate resources to their management, policymakers would do well to take a gender-sensitive approach. So say UC Santa Barbara researchers and their ...