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Researchers have found that people's understanding and perception of #storms and #sealevelrise, and their associated impacts, can significantly influence how and whether they engage in coastal adaptation actions. https://t.co/9lN5ioShia via @physorg_com #oceanrisk
The global fishing fleet has more than doubled since 1950, but it's not because the fishing has gotten easier. Rather, fishing boats travel farther and longer to catch a declining stock of fish, according to a new study. https://t.co/ioDrF3KKTo via @CNN #overfishing #scicomm
This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened #coralreefs. https://t.co/sTzIYdDCm6 via @nytimes #coralrestoration #oceanrisk #scicomm
Richard Branson – There’s nothing I enjoy more than new discoveries and supporting things that matter a great deal to me. The launch of Ocean Summit did both.
Richard Branson – The high seas extend across nearly half the surface of our planet – a vast, critical part of the world’s ecosystem that has so far escaped meaningful and much-needed regulation. Hopefully, that is about to change. This week, delegates are meeting at the United Nations in New York to begin negotiating the text of a high seas biodiversity treaty.
Richard Branson – PDG du groupe Virgin & Albert II de Monaco – Prince souverain de Monaco
Alors que s’ouvriront lundi 25 mars, aux Nations unies, des négociations sur la biodiversité de la haute mer, Richard Branson et Albert II de Monaco appellent dans une tribune au « Monde » à l’adoption d’un traité ambitieux et juridiquement contraignant qui inclut des mesures strictes de conservation et protection.
Kristin Hettermann – Dr Austin Gallagher is the chief scientist of Beneath the Waves – a non-profit organisation working to conserve, protect and restore the health of the ocean.
