The ocean is warming, losing oxygen and being acidified, primarily as a result of
anthropogenic carbon emissions. With ocean warming, acidification and deoxygenation …

Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

The future of the global ocean economy is currently envisioned as advancing towards a
'blue economy'—socially equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically viable …

The sprawl of marine construction is one of the most extreme human modifications to global
seascapes. Nevertheless, its global extent remains largely unquantified compared to that on …

Climate change is impacting virtually all marine life. Adaptation strategies will require a
robust understanding of the risks to species and ecosystems and how those propagate to …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—agreed in 2015 by all 193 member
states of the United Nations and complemented by commitments made in the Paris …

After 40 years of reform and “opening up,” China has made remarkable economic progress.
Such economic prosperity, however, has been coupled with environmental degradation. We …

Marine aquaculture presents an opportunity for increasing seafood production in the face of
growing demand for marine protein and limited scope for expanding wild fishery harvests …

Microplastics are widespread in the natural environment and present numerous ecological
threats. While the ultimate fate of marine microplastics are not well known, it is hypothesized …

We are approaching a reckoning point in 2020 for global targets that better articulate the
interconnections between biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainable development …