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New Study Shows How Climate Impacts Food Webs, Poses Socioeconomic Threat in Eastern Africa

October 9, 2020 sarah Jonas Africa, Climate, Climate Change, Conservation, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecosystem, ecosystem and climate interactions, El Nino, El Nino Southern Oscillation, Fishing, Food Web, La Nina, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, Zambia

For the first time, a research team has obtained high resolution sedimentary core samples from Lake Tanganyika. The samples show that high frequency variability in climate can lead to major disruptions in how the lake’s food web functions. The changes could put millions of people at risk who rely on the lake for food security. The team says the findings are a critical building block toward research-informed policymaking in the Lake Tanganyika region.

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New Study Finds That Access to Education and Markets Vital for Coastal Fishing Communities Adapting to a Warming and Changing World

May 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Coastal Communities, Fishing, Oceans

A new study investigating the links between coastal communities and coral reefs in Kenya and Madagascar has found that access to education and markets can help mitigate acute vulnerabilities for communities struggling with poverty and reliant on ecosystems degraded by overfishing.

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More protections needed to safeguard biodiversity in the Southern Ocean

April 22, 2020 sarah Jonas Antarctic, Antarctica, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Fishing, Habitats, Pelagic, Penguins, Southern Ocean

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.

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Faster-degrading plastic could promise cleaner seas

April 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Environment, Fishing, Marine Life, Oceans, Plastic, Sustainability

To address plastic pollution plaguing the world’s seas and waterways, Cornell University chemists have developed a new polymer that can degrade by ultraviolet radiation, according to research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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Climate Change Could Threaten Sea Snails in Mid-Atlantic Waters

March 11, 2020 sarah Jonas Atlantic Ocean, Canada, Climate Change, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Europe, Fisheries, Fishing, Food, Harvest, Marine, New Jersey, NOAA, Ocean, Oceans, Overfishing, Recruitment, Reproduction, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science

Climate change could threaten the survival and development of common whelk – a type of sea snail – in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study led by scientists at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. The common, or waved, whelk (Buccinum undatum) is an important commercial species that has been harvested for decades in Europe and Canada for bait and human consumption. Its habitat within the mid-Atlantic region is one of the Earth’s fastest warming marine areas and annual fluctuations in the bottom temperature are among the most extreme on the planet due to unique oceanographic conditions.

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Microplastics from ocean fishing can ‘hide’ in deep sediments

January 29, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fishing, fishing gear, Microparticles, microplastics, Ocean, Pollution

Researchers reporting in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have linked microplastics in China’s Beibu Gulf with heavy fishing activities.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Global Fisheries Management Study

January 13, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Australia, Environment, fish, Fisheries, Fishing, Harvest, New Jersey, New Zealand, NJ, Ocean, Oceans, Overfishing, Preeclampsia, Regulation, Research, Rutgers, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Science, Sustainability, United States

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 13, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick Professor Olaf P. Jensen is available for interviews on new marine fisheries management

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